[OpenLayers-Dev] [OpenLayers-Trac] [OpenLayers] #966: Add attribution control to map by default

[Paul Spencer]

Chris,

by default, do you mean that if you construct a new map with an empty  
controls option, the attribution would be created anyway, or would  
not be created?

Cheers

Paul

PS +1

On 12-Sep-07, at 9:56 AM, Christopher Schmidt wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 01:43:22PM -0000, OpenLayers wrote:
>> #966: Add attribution control to map by default
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>> +----------------------------------------------------
>>  Reporter:  crschmidt  |       Owner:
>>      Type:  bug        |      Status:  new
>>  Priority:  major      |   Milestone:  2.6 Release
>> Component:  Control    |     Version:  2.4
>>  Keywords:             |
>> ----------------------- 
>> +----------------------------------------------------
>>  In order to maek the attribution control useful, it should be on by
>>  default. That way, layers can simply provide 'attribution' inside  
>> them,
>>  and they will automatically be displayed on the map unless  
>> someone has
>>  taken deliberate steps to ensure otherwise.
>
> Can I get a vote on this?
>
> By default, this control will do nothing -- if no layers have
> attribution on them, then nothing shows up. However, if someone adds
> 'attribution' to the layer options, then it will show up -- rather  
> than
> needing to add attribution *and* the control.
>
> The benefit is that some commercial organization can now provide a .js
> file on their website that is *just* a layer class - and nothing  
> else --
> and expect it to work. I personally think this is kind of cool, and
> would be in favor of it.
>
> Can I get a vote on this? All in favor of adding the  
> Control.Attribution
> to the map by default?
>
> I'm +1.
>
> (Demo of functionality is at
> http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/attribution.html , original  
> ticket is
> at http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/103)
>
> -- 
> Christopher Schmidt
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