[OpenLayers-Users] "hover: true" together with callback "over" problem

[Daniel Kastl]

Christopher Schmidt schrieb:
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 09:43:51AM +0900, Daniel Kastl wrote:
>   
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I have a problem with hovering over features of my vector layer.
>> When moving over a feature with the mouse, the icon should resize, so I 
>> did this in StyleMap:
>>
>> var myLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector( "Vector Layer", {
>>     styleMap: new OpenLayers.StyleMap({
>>         'default': new OpenLayers.Style({
>>                         pointRadius: 20,
>>                         externalGraphic: 'img/icon.png'
>>         }),
>>         'select': new OpenLayers.Style({
>>                         pointRadius: 24
>>         })
>>     })
>> });
>>
>> Additionally I wanted to open a popup (or do something else) when my 
>> mouse is over a feature, so I add this control:
>>
>> var select = new OpenLayers.Control.SelectFeature( myLayer, {
>>     hover: true,
>>     callbacks: {
>>         over: function(e){
>>             console.info(e);
>>         }
>>     },
>> });
>> map.addControl(select);
>> select.activate();
>>
>> Resizing the icon works fine if I only set "hover: true". But when I use 
>> "hover" together with "callbacks + over" it just calls the function, but 
>> doesn't resize anymore.
>>
>> I'm using GeoExt, so OpenLayers version should be the current 2.8 branch.
>>
>> Can anyone give me an advice what I'm doing wrong or how to solve this?
>> Thanks in advance,
>>     
>
> In general, I'd recommend using the featureselected event on the layer.
> The callbacks are likely to be used internally, and you're overriding
> the behavior that ctually does what you want. 
>
>   http://docs.openlayers.org/library/overlays#interaction
>
> For example.  
>
> Best Regards,
>   
Hi Chris,

Thank you for this.
It seems to work better now, at least when I click on the feature.

Daniel