[OpenLayers-Dev] Re: 2.11 SketchStarted

[Eric Lemoine]

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 2:15 PM, fell_runner <stewartb at esdm.co.uk> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, but I don't understand your answer.
>
> The vector layer has no features to start with.

When you move the mouse over the map there should a vector point following.

> The user activates the
> drawfeature control and I'm using the 'sketchstarted' event to determine the
> co-ordinates of where the user has started drawing.

You can try this (untested):

new OpenLayers.Control.Draw(layer, OpenLayers.Handler.Path, {
    callbacks: {
        point: function(point, line) {
            if (line.components.length == 2) {
                // user has actually started to draw,
                // and "point" is the first draw point
            }
        }
    }
});


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