[OpenLayers-Dev] maps with all "overlays"

[Tim Schaub]

Hey-

Update: I've modified the patch for #2004 so that if you set 
map.allOverlays to true, all layers will be consistently treated as 
overlays (their isBaseLayer property will be set to false).

Thanks for any review.
Tim

Tim Schaub wrote:
> Hey-
> 
> I've put together a pretty simple patch [1] that allows a map to be 
> configured so that the lowest layer in the draw order is always treated 
> as the base layer.
> 
> With this patch, if you configure your map with allOverlays: true and 
> configure every layer with isBaseLayer: false, you can have a map with 
> any number (including zero) of layers visible or invisible.
> 
> The patch is marked for commit, and I'm happy to commit it.  If anybody 
> has any comments about *not* wanting this, please speak up.
> 
> Tim
> 
> [1] see http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/2004
> 


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