I am using OpenLayers v7.5 to display point features with icons and labels on a VectorLayer. To prevent label overlap, I enabled declutter: true, but this causes both icons and labels to disappear in crowded areas.

What I Need: Labels should declutter (hide overlapping text) when zooming out.

Icons should always remain visible, even if their corresponding label is hidden.

Current Implementation:

const layer = new ol.layer.Vector({
    source: vectorSource,
    style: new ol.style.Style({
        image: new ol.style.Icon({
            src: 'pin.png',
        }),
        text: new ol.style.Text({
            text: feature.get('name'),
        }),
    }),
    declutter: true, // Hides BOTH icons and labels
});

With this setup, both icons and labels disappear when overlapping occurs.

What I've Tried:

• Setting declutter: true on a layer with both icons and labels results in both disappearing.

• Using two separate layers (one for icons, one for labels) is not feasible for us.

• Applying overflow: true on ol.style.Text does not prevent the issue.

Questions:

1. How can I declutter only labels while ensuring icons always remain visible?

2. Is there a way to configure OpenLayers to handle decluttering separately for text and images?