[mapguide-internals] RFC 50 - Hide Legend Styles

[Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S]

I would like this to part of RFC 50.
Since the RFC is only about server/schema changes, the change proposed
by Jason could be implemented with an "alternativeImage" and an 
"enableVisibilityChange" attribute.

The change in the viewers should also be very limited.
I can update the RFC with this enhancement, if no-one objects.

Regards, Kenneth Skovhede, GEOGRAF A/S



Jason Birch skrev:
> Heh.
>
> Along those lines, I've been thinking a bit about the current legend
> usability.  I'll be putting these in as enhancement requests, but
> thought I'd ask for feedback first:
>
> - Add a new setting to allow the layer to be displayed in the legend
> without the check box next to it.  This allows the theming to be shown,
> but does not allow the layer to be turned on/off.
>
> - Add the ability to define an external resource for a folder or layer
> icon, and allow it to be hidden it entirely.
>
> I have a couple motivations for this:
>
> 1. Some layers (like the layers comprising our official community plan)
> can not be displayed or turned on/off in isolation for legal reasons.
> As such, I have had to put them all into a single folder, and not
> display any of the individual items in the folder.  This would be much
> more useful from a user perspective if I could turn off the folder icon,
> display the folder as a name with a check-box, and have each of the
> layers shown underneath without the checkboxes so the user can see what
> the theming means.
>
> 2. Some features pull data from different layers based on scale range.
> In my case, orthophotos pull data from a single layer at one level, and
> multiple layers at another. Currently, I am dealing with these by
> placing them into a folder and hiding all of the layers, but it would be
> nice to be able to change the icon for the folder (to a camera?) so that
> it looks like a layer rather than a folder.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Jason
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Dechant
> Subject: RE: [mapguide-internals] RFC 50 - Hide Legend Styles
>
> The motivation is not from Studio as Studio cannot do anything about the
> issue. You have to use the web tier test pages to grab the XML/edit it/
> then save it back - I wish Studio could do this for you now, but it
> cannot.
>
> The motivation is so that the layer definition doesn't have to have
> style information removed/added whenever you would like to alter the
> appearance of the legend.
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