[OpenLayers-Users] Destroying all the features in a vector layer

[Eric Lemoine]

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Simone Gadenz <simone.gadenz at jrc.it> wrote:
> Hello!
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> I have a layer of vector geocoded features that I want to be clean when the
> users click on a button.
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> The features react to the user interaction opening a popup managed by the
> SelectFeatures control.
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> I manage to remove all the feature from the map using a very simple function
> like this:
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> function clearData(layer){
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>       layer.destroyFeatures();
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> }
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> The problem is if one popup is open when the functio is called. In that case
> the popup is not destroyed.
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> Is there a way of removing all the popups?

There's nothing in the API. But you can do it with this:

for (var i = map.popups.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
    map.removePopup(map.popups[i]);
}

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Eric

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Eric