Adam - your "nobutclose" worked brilliantly and accomplished exactly what we were looking for!
Thanks for the prompt reply fellas! On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 11:09:38 AM UTC-7, Adam Cox wrote: > > Even if you don't go the zIndex route, you can add whatever > properties/values to the layers and make more functions that reference > them. For example, when I first added historic map layers to this > installation: crhim.canerivernha.org/map, I found that they would get > mixed in with the overlays. However, I wanted to retain this order: basemap > < historic map < overlay < resources. I gave the overlay layers a > "nobutclose" value in the isArchesResource property, and then just added this > > <https://github.com/mradamcox/crip/blob/a835a942c6e2d497b48e8e99401897c97d89228d/crip/media/js/map.js#L32>to > > the elevate arches layer function. > > Just to say there are lots of ways you can manipulate the layer order... > > On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:19 AM, Rob Gaston <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Travis, >> >> Adam is correct here - the behavior you’ve described is by design. >> Layers are indexed in the order that they are added to the map. >> >> You could probably add a `zIndex` property to your layer objects and use >> that to set the z-index in the function that Adam linked to, but beware >> that you’ll probably need to upgrade OpenLayers to >3.9.0 as that is when >> they started supporting z-indexing, and this upgrade may have unforeseen >> side effects on your application. That being said, should you want to >> undertake this, the following OpenLayers example will probably be helpful: >> http://openlayers.org/en/v3.9.0/examples/layer-z-index.html?q=index >> >> - Rob >> >> >> On May 10, 2016, at 9:53 AM, Adam Cox <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Travis, I don't think z-index has anything to do with the layer stack >> of the map, it's all based on the order of the layers as they are added to >> a list. I think the problem may be that only onMap layers are added to the >> map layers (whether visible or not) when you navigate to the Map View, but >> as you add more they are place on top of that stack. I think you'll need >> some javascript skills to dive into this function >> <https://github.com/archesproject/arches/blob/stable/3.x/arches/app/media/js/map.js#L39>, >> >> which is in the media/js/map.js file. I would suggest that you copy that >> file from its original location (ENV/.../arches/app/media/js/map.js) and >> paste it into your own app. Then begin by adding some print statements. >> >> Sorry I can't give a more full solution right now, but hopefully this can >> point you in the right direction. >> >> Adam >> >> On Monday, May 9, 2016 at 5:52:32 PM UTC-6, Travis Scott wrote: >>> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> We are adding external layers to our layers.js and having trouble >>> getting them to overlay in the order we would like. The layers are a mix >>> of "onMap: true" and "onMap: false" and we are finding that the "true" >>> layers overlay in the order listed in layers.js however the "false" ones do >>> not and instead overlay in the order in which they are "added" in the >>> "manage map layers" popup. Further, the "false" layers always overlay the >>> "true" ones once added to the map. >>> >>> Ideally we would like to solve both of these problems and have the >>> layers overlay in the order listed in layers.js but at the very least have >>> the "false" ones come in under or below the "true" when added. We have >>> been trying out the zIndex but to no avail. Does anyone know if this is >>> controlled by zIndex or something else or have any suggestions on solving? >>> >>> Thank you all in advance! >>> >> >> -- >> -- To post, send email to [email protected] <javascript:>. To >> unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more information, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Arches Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> > -- -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
