[OpenLayers-Users] Panel Visibility

[David Fawcett]

I believe that there is a maximizeControl() method for the LayerSwitcher()
control.

Try something like:

var layer_switcher = new OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher();
map.addControl(layer_switcher);
layer_switcher.maximizeControl();

David.


On 8/7/07, Marc Desharnais <marc.desharnais at ec.gc.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks Gregor for your answer. I know how to add a selection panel to a
> map. The question i s really about showing the panel by default.
> I want the panel to be shown by default without having to click on the
> "+" in the corner to display it.
>
> It's a matter of showing the options of the map for the average user
> that is new to geomatic and won't click on anything to try to see what
> it does.
> So I want to show the options available by default.
>
> regards :)
>
> Marc
>
>
>
> Gregor Mosheh wrote:
> > Marc Desharnais wrote:
> >> I was wondering if it's possible to unhide the panels on the side of
> >> the map. Like the selection panel where you pick the base layer and
> >> the overlay that you want.
> >
> > To show them, you add the control to your map's constructor.
> > Example:
> >    var controls = [new OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher()];
> >    var map = new OpenLayers.Map('map',{'controls':controls});
> >
> > The documentation also mentions a addControl() method, e.g.
> >    map.addControl( new OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher() );
> >
> > That method may or may not be in the version you downloaded; this
> > stuff changes quickly and sometimes the doc mentions features that are
> > only in the Subversion version, not in 2.4 release.
> >
>
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