[OpenLayers-Users] Sizing background images and StyleMaps

[Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock]

Excerpts from Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock's message of Tue Mar 03 18:58:45 -0500 2009:
> Excerpts from Ivan Grcic's message of Thu Feb 26 16:36:23 -0500 2009:
> > ooops sorry, i didnt see you said background image size. i dont know
> > if there is such an option in api now...but if u find something you
> > can put it in the docs ;)
> > 
> 
> I spoke with Tim Schwab about this and it turns out the current release does
> not support setting the width/height of background graphics separately. At
> present, the background graphic's size is set to be the same as the foreground
> graphic's. 
> 

My apologies, I meant Tim Schaub :)

-Nick

> There's a patch to allow setting the background width and height on their own
> here: http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/1968
> 
> -Nick
> 
> > cheers
> > 
> > On 2/26/09, Ivan Grcic <ivan.grcic at geofoto.hr> wrote:
> > > #
> > >
> > > externalGraphic
> > >
> > >     An external image to be used to represent a point.
> > >
> > > #
> > >
> > > graphicWidth, graphicHeight
> > >
> > >     These properties define the height and width of an
> > > externalGraphic. This is an alternative to the pointRadius symbolizer
> > > property to be used when your graphic has different sizes in the X and
> > > Y direction.
> > >
> > > #
> > >
> > > graphicOpacity
> > >
> > >     Opacity of an external graphic.
> > >
> > > #
> > >
> > > graphicXOffset, graphicYOffset
> > >
> > >     Where the ‘center’ of an externalGraphic should be.
> > >
> > > #
> > >
> > > graphicName
> > >
> > >     Name of a type of symbol to be used for a point mark.
> > >
> > > cheers
> > >
> > > On 2/26/09, Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock <nicholasbs at openplans.org> wrote:
> > >> Excerpts from Christopher Schmidt's message of Thu Feb 26 12:26:38 -0500
> > >> 2009:
> > >>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 12:16:05PM -0500, Nicholas Bergson-Shilcock
> > >>> wrote:
> > >>> > Hello,
> > >>> >
> > >>> > I'm pretty new to OpenLayers and I have a couple of questions.
> > >>> >
> > >>> > 1) How can I set the size of a background graphic? I'm doing something
> > >>> > similar
> > >>> > to the marker shadow example here[1]. I guessed and used
> > >>> > graphicWidth/graphicHeight to set the size of my marker image (which
> > >>> > works),
> > >>> > but neither backgroundGraphicWidth nor backgroundWidth seem to have
> > >>> > any
> > >>> > effect
> > >>> > on my shadow image. What's the correct way to do this?
> > >>> >
> > >>> > 2) Is there a place to look up all of the options for an
> > >>> > OpenLayers.StyleMap
> > >>> > object?
> > >>>
> > >>> http://docs.openlayers.org/library/feature_styling#style-properties
> > >>
> > >> Ah, thanks for pointing me towards these. This is just the type of doc  I
> > >> was
> > >> looking for, however, I don't see any options relating to background
> > >> images.
> > >> Do
> > >> you know if it's possible to explicitly set the size of a background
> > >> image?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for the help and a great product,
> > >>   -Nick
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>> Regards,
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> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ivan Grcic
> > >
> >