[OpenLayers-Users] transitionEffect for WFS layer possible?

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 09:59:02PM +0100, Andreas Hocevar wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 2009/3/27 Kris Geusebroek <kgeusebroek at xebia.com>:
> > I had a WMS layer with a transitionEffect = resize which gave a good user
> > experience since the layer is refreshed in a certain timelimit.
> >
> > Now I have changed this to a WFS layer (because I need to add functionality
> > to a feature like a popup onHover)
> >
> > But now the refreshing is causing a blinking effect.
> > Is it possible to have the transitionEffect on a WFS layer (in IE) in any
> > way?
> 
> Not as transitionEffect option. What you could do, however, would be
> to create your WFS layer twice, but display only one at a time. Your
> workflow would be something like:
> 
>  * layer1 on, layer2 off
>  * turn layer 2 on, refresh layer 2, wait a sec or so, turn layer 1 off
>  * layer1 off, layer2 on
>  * turn layer 1 on, refresh layer 1, wait a sec or so, turn layer 2 off

Alternatively, use trunk with WFS and the BBOX protocol, which doesn't
get rid of the old features until the new ones are loaded, right?

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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