[mapserver-users] How to keep map from zooming/panning when I refresh?

[Mike Smith]

Thanks for this.  This sorta worked...it kept my image from zooming in, 
but then it panned to the right for some reason?!  I'm not sure what's 
up with that, but the other problem is that I've got to keep the 
"zoomdir" variable set because I keep the state of my "Zoom In",  "Zoom 
Out", and "Pan" buttons based on the value of this variable, so setting 
it to null resets all my buttons.  Regardless of my implementation, 
though, I even had this problem with the Itasca Demo...  I'm just 
wondering if anybody else figured out a way to alter the image without 
the Mapserver CGI program reading and executing your zoomdir variable.

Thanks for the help, though...anybody else have any ideas?

MIke

Martin, Daniel wrote:

>Whoops, I messed up the JavaScript.  This is a correction, note ".value" is
>added:
>
>function UpdateMap() {
>    document.forms.mapserv.zoomdir.value = "";
>    document.mapserv.submit();   
>}
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Martin, Daniel 
>Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 11:47 AM
>To: 'Mike Smith'; mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
>Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] How to keep map from zooming/panning when
>I refresh?
>
>
>I think this will work:
>
>function UpdateMap() {
>    document.forms.mapserv.zoomdir = "";
>    document.mapserv.submit();   
>}
>
>Or perhaps I'm missing something.  I do exactly what you say in my client,
>but I use Rosa to control zooming and panning, so it is a bit different.
>
>-Dan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Smith [mailto:nospam at cnrit.tamu.edu]
>Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 10:01 AM
>To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
>Subject: [mapserver-users] How to keep map from zooming/panning when I
>refresh?
>
>
>Hello,
>
>    I've got my page working pretty well now thanks to lots of 
>Javascript code I borrowed from this mailing list, but I've still got 
>one problem that I can't seem to find a solution for in the archives. 
> I've got my page set up so that the various layers that are available 
>to view are in a list on the right-hand side of the page with checkboxes 
>next to them.  And since I wanted the behavior of the page to imitate 
>ArcView as much as possible (because most of my users are used to that 
>interface) I put in a little javascript function that automatically 
>reloads the page whenever they check or uncheck a layer (without having 
>to click a "refresh" button).  My problem is that the layer loads or 
>unloads fine, but my image also pans or zooms at the same time depending 
>on what function they have checked.  How can I make my page reload 
>without changing the current view at all?  Even if they have the "Zoom 
>In" button clicked and the zoomsize is set to "2" I don't want the page 
>to zoom in when they just add a new layer.  Is there a value that I can 
>set "zoomdir" to besides 1, 0, or -1 that basically disables panning and 
>zooming altogether?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Mike Smith
>
>P.S. - Here's my javascript code that automatically loads/unloads layers:
>
>function UpdateMap() {
>    document.mapserv.submit();   //Note that my form name is "mapserv"
>}
>
>Then I add this to my checkbox tag:
>
>onClick="UpdateMap();"
>
>