[OpenLayers-Users] User inputs in Popups

[Stephen Woodbridge]

Arnd Wippermann wrote:
> 
> it's possible to use popups for editing feature attributes.
>  
> http://gis.ibbeck.de/ginfo/apps/OLExamples/OL26/examples/styles_unique_with_group.html 

Very nice example, but in Firefox 3.0.3 on WinNT, the 
transparency/opacity of the pop-ups make them totally unreadable and 
there for unusable. I was only able to understand the example by loading 
it into IE. It would be nice if the opacity issue were fixed even if 
they were made opaque.

Thank you for share that link.

-Steve

> If your transcation takes place after you have updated the attributes, i 
> would think the transaction should work.
>  
> Arnd Wippermann
>  
> *Von:* users-bounces at openlayers.org 
> [mailto:users-bounces at openlayers.org] *Im Auftrag von *Indika Tantrigoda
> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 31. Oktober 2008 14:22
> *An:* Alexandre Dube
> *Cc:* OpenLayers users mailing list
> *Betreff:* Re: [OpenLayers-Users] User inputs in Popups
> 
> Hi Alexandre,
> Thanks for the reply. I am referring to the html text box inside the 
> popup. Thats where I want to enter the data.
> I also included a button in the popup to initiate the transaction. This 
> works fine when I hard code the attribute information.
> 
> I did try the method you suggested. Maybe because the html text box is 
> not directly in the web page(but rather in the popup) I didnt have much 
> success. However I will try this again. Maybe I missed something.
> 
> If there is any other way of achieving this (maybe with ajax) kindly let 
> me know.
> 
> Regards,
> Indika
> 
> 2008/10/31 Alexandre Dube <adube at mapgears.com <mailto:adube at mapgears.com>>
> 
>     Hi Indika,
> 
> 
>       >> The problem is I am unable to access the input data.
> 
>       Do you mean you can't access the html text box ?  If you do, give
>     it and id, access it with document.getElementById('yourId') and
>     parse the text box value to the feature.attributes before saving.
>      That will add the attribute to your INSERT/UPDATE request at the
>     same time.  I'm not sure if that's what you meant, though.
> 
> 
>       >>Also everytime the wfs-insert takes place i get an alert with
>     the transaction results details.
>     Is there anyway not have the alert come up everytime.
> 
>       Search in your files for the "alert" string and just get rid of it.
> 
>     Hope this helps,
> 
>     Alexandre
> 
>     Indika Tantrigoda wrote:
> 
>         Hello to all,
>         I have a wfs layer setup which allows me to add points.
>         I would like the user to enter the attribute information so that
>         it too can get
>         written to postgres.
> 
>         I setup a popup with a text box which allows me to add the
>         relevant details.
>         The problem is I am unable to access the input data.
> 
>         Is there any way to get around this, or this is an alternative
>         method I could approach.
> 
>         Also everytime the wfs-insert takes place i get an alert with
>         the transaction results details.
>         Is there anyway not have the alert come up everytime.
> 
>         Thanks
> 
>         Indika
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