fwiw it's kind of horrendous that we have these things hardcoded in. perhaps we ought consider some sort of dynamic z-indexing plan?
e On 1/30/08, Tim Schaub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey- > > Mick Jagger wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there a limit to the number of layers that OpenLayers supports? I > > have a page with 63 layers and I get errors with Internet Explorer at layer > > 60, while Firefox and Opera load the page fine, albeit slowly. Normally > > there are only a couple layers, but this is an odd case. > > > > Layers get placed in the z-index hierarchy based on their "type". There > are spaces for 45 (225 / 5) layers between your first "base layer" and > your first "overlay". After this, things start overlapping (base layers > over overlays). Similarly, there is room for 65 "overlay" layers (325 / > 5) under any "popup" layers. Finally, you get 50 "popup" layers before > you start overlapping the controls. > > None of these numbers matches the limit of 60 that you are asking about, > but the idea is that browsers start to break down before either of these > thresholds is met. > > There is likely a better way to do things than adding 60ish layers to > your map at a time. > > Tim > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
