[OpenLayers-Users] problem labeling vector features - vertices being labeled too

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:42:57AM -0400, Michael Anderson wrote:
> In the real app I'd tried setting the select style's label to an empty  
> string, but it didn't work so I didn't include it in my example. I added 
> it to the example (http://128.118.7.3/testing/testlabel.html). It makes 
> the label for the polygon go away, but still labels the vertices with  
> 'undefined'.

Sorry; I forgot that for the modifyFeature, the style name used is 
'temporary'; I think that if you change 'select' to 'temporary' it might 
help.

-- Chris


> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Schmidt" 
> <crschmidt at metacarta.com>
> To: "Michael Anderson" <mike at spatialit.com>
> Cc: <users at openlayers.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:06 AM
> Subject: SPAM-LOW: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] problem labeling vector 
> features - vertices being labeled too
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 09:56:12AM -0400, Michael Anderson wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm having a problem with labeling vector features. It works fine until I
>> select a feature with a ModifyFeature control. Then it labels all the
>> vertices as well as the feature itself. And they are all labeled  
>> 'undefined'
>> because the vertices don't have the attributes needed for the label.
>>
>> I have a stylemap set up with 'default' and 'select' styles. Only the
>> default style has a label defined. At first I had a label set up for the
>> select style too so it would be labeled when selected. Then when the
>> vertices were labeled I removed the label from the style, but the vertices
>> are still labeled.
>
> "The “default” intent has a special role: if the extendDefault property
> of the StyleMap is set to true (default), symbolizers calculated for
> other render intents will extend the symbolizer calcualated for the
> “default” intent. So if we want selected features just to have a
> different size or color, we only have to set a single property (in this
> example: pointRadius)."
>
> -- http://docs.openlayers.org/library/feature_styling.html#stylemap
>
> So, if you have (in your select style) the 'label' set to '' -- an empty
> string -- I think this should solve your problem.
>
>
>> Is there a way to label a feature while it's vertices are visible and not
>> have the vertices labeled too?
>
> Vertices are features too, but I think the above solution should solve
> your problem, based on your description.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Christopher Schmidt
> MetaCarta
>
>
>
>

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Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta