[OpenLayers-Users] Adding a popup to markers

[Grant Maxwell]

Well hey its great to solve ones own issues. The sample code did not have a line "selectControl.activate()" on it. Found this and -- it worked.
kewl.

regards to all

Grant

On 25/03/2013, at 6:43 PM, Grant Maxwell <grant.maxwell at maxan.com.au> wrote:

> Hi All
> 
> I'm sure this has been asked many times and yes I've found samples but I just can't make it work. I want to have a popup when I hover the mouse over the objects on the layer.
> My code is below.
> 
> I've spent several hours on this and really would appreciate some help
> 
> kind regards
> Grant
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 	this.addVectorLayer = function(name){
> 		var drawControls, selectedFeature = null, selectControl = null;
> 		var newLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector(name);
> 		selectControl = new OpenLayers.Control.SelectFeature(newLayer, {
> 			hover: true,
> 			onSelect: onFeatureSelect, 
> 			onUnselect: onFeatureUnselect
> 
> 		});
> 
> 		function onPopupClose(evt) {
> 			selectControl.unselect(selectedFeature);
> 		}
> 		function onFeatureSelect(feature) {
> 			selectedFeature = feature;
> 			popup = new OpenLayers.Popup.FramedCloud("popup", 
> 					feature.geometry.getBounds().getCenterLonLat(),
> 					null,
> 					"<div style='font-size:.8em'>Feature: " + feature.id +"<br>Area: " + feature.geometry.getArea()+"</div>",
> 					null, true, onPopupClose);
> 			feature.popup = popup;
> 			map.addPopup(popup);
> 		}
> 		function onFeatureUnselect(feature) {
> 			map.removePopup(feature.popup);
> 			feature.popup.destroy();
> 			feature.popup = null;
> 		}    
> 		drawControls = {
> 				polygon: new OpenLayers.Control.DrawFeature(newLayer, OpenLayers.Handler.Polygon),
> 				select: selectControl
> 		};
> 
> 		for(var key in drawControls) {
> 			map.addControl(drawControls[key]);
> 		}
> 		layers.push({"id":name, "layer":newLayer, "features":[]});
> 	};
> 
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