[OpenLayers-Trac] [OpenLayers] #3315: Problem with geometry handlers - doesn't stop showing a point under the cursor

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#3315: Problem with geometry handlers - doesn't stop showing a point under the
cursor
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 Reporter:  mgleahy        |       Owner:  tschaub     
     Type:  feature        |      Status:  new         
 Priority:  minor          |   Milestone:  2.11 Release
Component:  Handler.Point  |     Version:  2.11 RC1    
 Keywords:                 |       State:              
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 I'm not sure exactly which library object this should be associated with,
 but I suspect it's either the Handler.Point and/or the Handler.Path
 object.  The problem is observable when testing the measure tool in the
 latest trunk examples (or 2.11-rc1 examples), and comparing that to the
 measure tool example for 2.10.

 If you measure a distance in both of these examples, you'll see that after
 double-clicking to complete the line being drawn, the 2.10 will stop after
 the action is complete, but the trunk/2.11-rc1 example will continue
 drawing a point that follows the cursor around on the map.

 You can also compare the "OpenLayers Draw Feature Example" for 2.10 and
 trunk/2.11-rc1.  If you simply select the option to draw a line, in 2.10
 nothing happens until you click the map...in trunk/2.11-rc1, you will
 immediately see a point that follows the cursor.

 A side effect of this issue is that the Measure tool also continuously
 fires the 'measurepartial' event (even though there is no current geometry
 being drawn).  While this is not observable in the measure tool example,
 this causes problems if you were to have an event that updates a status
 based on the measurepartial callback in the Measure tool.  After drawing a
 line/area, as soon as the user moves the mouse again, it will start
 reporting zero measurements even though there may be a 'persistent' shape
 from the last drawn measurement.  In this case, I'm not sure how to
 distinguish between a 'meaurepartial' event that is called while the user
 is currently drawing and one that is called when no active drawing is
 being done.  This also affects other vector drawing tools

 I think the underlying problem is that the handler.drawing property no
 longer exists or is being set to 'true' when there is an active drawing
 for paths/polygons.  This was being set in the Handler.Path mousedown
 event for 2.10.  In 2.11-rc1, 'this.drawing' is set to false in the
 Handler.Point.finalize method...but it is otherwise not being set (as far
 as I can tell).

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/3315>
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