[OpenLayers-Users] RootContainer styleMap problem- IE

[Andreas Hocevar]

Hi,

On May 5, 2010, at 04:15 , mortac8 wrote:

> 
> It turns out my problem occurs because I am setting a custom layer.id after I
> create an OpenLayers.Layer.
> 
> I guess my next question is:  Is there any way to provide your own custom ID
> when creating a layer?  If you provide it via the options object, the div
> never gets created.

The only workaround would be to do something like

var layer = new OpenLayers.Layer(...);
document.getElementById(layer.id).id = myCustomId;
layer.id = myCustomId;

The above should work, but is untested.

Regards,
Andreas.


> 
> 
> Andreas Hocevar-2 wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> posting an example that shows the issue would help. I suspect that your
>> StyleMap has incomplete symbolizers.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Andreas.
>> 
>> On May 4, 2010, at 05:55 , mortac8 wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I forgot to add that my Point features with an externalGraphic retain
>>> their
>>> styling (no problems).  The loss of styling issue seems to only occur
>>> with
>>> Polygons, Polylines, etc.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> mortac8 wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> In IE 7/8 when I create a SelectFeature control and pass in an array of
>>>> layers, all of my features' styles  are lost (am using a custom
>>>> StyleMap).  
>>>> 
>>>> If I modify Control/SelectFeature:initLayer to pass the styleMap to the
>>>> RootContainer constructor, the styles will take effect if I redraw after
>>>> activating the tool.  However IE makes such a redraw operation painfully
>>>> slow.
>>>> 
>>>> Is there any way in IE that I can activate the SelectFeature control
>>>> with
>>>> an array of layers and have my features keep their styling without an
>>>> expensive redraw of the layers?  As usual, this problem doesn't exist in
>>>> other browsers.
>>>> 
>>>> Ideas are greatly appreciated.  Thanks!
>>>> 
>>>> 
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