[OpenLayers-Users] FramedCloud with Layer.Text?

[Erik Uzureau]

A ticket would be great!
Erik

On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 10:10 AM, jericks <JERICKS at co.pierce.wa.us> wrote:
>
> I ran into the exact same problem and came up with a small patch to
> OpeLayers.Layer.Text that adds popupClass as a property.  When the
> OpenLayers.Feature object is created it's popupClass property is set.  Very
> useful for people dependent on Text layers.  I will attach the patch here,
> but I should probably open a ticket right?
>
> Thanks,
> Jared
>
> http://www.nabble.com/file/p16993296/text_popup_class_patch.patch
> text_popup_class_patch.patch
>
>
>
>
>
> Christopher Schmidt-4 wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:39:56AM -0400, Bobby H. Braswell wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi-
> >>
> >> Is there an example of using the framed cloud popups with a text layer
> >> in 2.6? In general can we specify the popup type when constructing a
> >> text layer?
> >
> > Generally, the answer is 'no, and why are you still using a Layer.Text?
> > Use a Layer.GML with a format: OpenLayers.Format.Text and a
> > selectFeature control instead.'
> >
> > I understand that this is impractical for long running applications (we
> > maintain backwards API compatibility for a reason, after all).
> >
> > Anyway, the following hacks will let you get something that I like a lot
> > better for text layers:
> >
> >         OpenLayers.Feature.prototype.popupClass =
> > OpenLayers.Popup.FramedCloud;
> >
> >         OpenLayers.Layer.Text.prototype.markerClick = function(evt) {
> >             var sameMarkerClicked = (this == this.layer.selectedFeature);
> >             if (this.popup) {
> >                 this.popup.toggle();
> >             } else {
> >                 this.layer.map.addPopup(this.createPopup(true));
> >             }
> >             this.layer.selectedFeature = (!sameMarkerClicked) ? this :
> > null;
> >             OpenLayers.Event.stop(evt);
> >         }
> >
> > Good Luck,
> > --
> > Christopher Schmidt
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