Re: [OpenLayers-Dev] ModifyFeature control - multiple selection support
Hi, I think the future way to go is something based on Tim's experiments with the FeatureAgent. See the example: http://dev.openlayers.org/sandbox/tschaub/select/examples/feature-events.html Multilayer support for ModifyFeature would e.g. still not make it possible to grab features that are entirely covered by another feature. With the FeatureAgent, you would also be able to edit such a feature. Regards, Andreas. On 2009-12-11 15:10, Alexandre Dube wrote: Hi devs, === short version === * Is there any plan to support multiple feature selection in the ModifyFeature control ? * If not, would that make sense to support it ? (Clicking features beyond the first one would enable the editing for those as well while keeping the first one selected too) === long version : the need === There's a Redling tool discussion going on on the GeoExt-dev ML [1]. Among the needs, there's the multiple feature edition. Basically, it would be possible for a user to select as many feature as they want and edit their style and/or attributes in a form, but having the possibility to edit the geometry too would be nice. After making some tests with the current trunk version of the ModifyFeature control, it's possible to select many features (with the standalone option turned on), but if a feature is already selected, selecting an other feature removes the 1st feature vertexes and reselecting it won't make them reappear. === small conclusion === I'm doubt the multi-feature edition could be that useful, but who knows... I'd like to know your thoughts on the subject, please. Many thanks, [1] http://trac.geoext.org/wiki/ux/Redlining -- Andreas Hocevar OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ Expert service straight from the developers. ___ Dev mailing list Dev@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
Re: [OpenLayers-Dev] ModifyFeature control - multiple selection support
Andreas, Nice. So instead of using a FeatureHandler, the future SelectControl would listen to these events instead, right ? Alexandre Andreas Hocevar wrote: Hi, I think the future way to go is something based on Tim's experiments with the FeatureAgent. See the example: http://dev.openlayers.org/sandbox/tschaub/select/examples/feature-events.html Multilayer support for ModifyFeature would e.g. still not make it possible to grab features that are entirely covered by another feature. With the FeatureAgent, you would also be able to edit such a feature. Regards, Andreas. On 2009-12-11 15:10, Alexandre Dube wrote: Hi devs, === short version === * Is there any plan to support multiple feature selection in the ModifyFeature control ? * If not, would that make sense to support it ? (Clicking features beyond the first one would enable the editing for those as well while keeping the first one selected too) === long version : the need === There's a Redling tool discussion going on on the GeoExt-dev ML [1]. Among the needs, there's the multiple feature edition. Basically, it would be possible for a user to select as many feature as they want and edit their style and/or attributes in a form, but having the possibility to edit the geometry too would be nice. After making some tests with the current trunk version of the ModifyFeature control, it's possible to select many features (with the standalone option turned on), but if a feature is already selected, selecting an other feature removes the 1st feature vertexes and reselecting it won't make them reappear. === small conclusion === I'm doubt the multi-feature edition could be that useful, but who knows... I'd like to know your thoughts on the subject, please. Many thanks, [1] http://trac.geoext.org/wiki/ux/Redlining -- Alexandre Dubé Mapgears www.mapgears.com ___ Dev mailing list Dev@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
Re: [OpenLayers-Dev] ModifyFeature control - multiple selection support
On 2009-12-11 17:08, Alexandre Dube wrote: Andreas, Nice. So instead of using a FeatureHandler, the future SelectControl would listen to these events instead, right ? Yes, and it would be much easier to interact with features even without the SelectFeature control. Regards, Andreas. -- Andreas Hocevar OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ Expert service straight from the developers. ___ Dev mailing list Dev@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
Re: [OpenLayers-Dev] ModifyFeature control - multiple selection support
Right. The only thing left useful with the SelectFeature control is to store the selected features in the layer's selectedFeature's array. So, users would have to do that manually and as they please from there on... Sounds logical. Thanks Andreas for the pointers, Alexandre Andreas Hocevar wrote: Yes, and it would be much easier to interact with features even without the SelectFeature control. Regards, Andreas. -- Alexandre Dubé Mapgears www.mapgears.com ___ Dev mailing list Dev@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
