This issue was fixed recently. See https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/pull/1440. Please upgrade to the latest from OpenLayers master.
Andreas. > On Jun 15, 2015, at 17:48 , mortac8 <ashley_c_m...@raytheon.com> wrote: > > Is there any way to prevent OpenLayers from requesting map tiles from hidden > layers when panning or zooming? Our users generally use 1 base layer with > 4-5 layers that they toggle-on sparingly. The network performance isn't > great so all the requests for the 4-5 layers (even if hidden) really bog > things down. > > Any thoughts on how to address this? We are on OpenLayers 2.12. > > Thanks!! > Ashley > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Prevent-requests-for-hidden-layers-tp5211059.html > Sent from the OpenLayers Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > us...@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users _______________________________________________ Users mailing list us...@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users