[Users] VectorLegend and render intents

[Eric Lemoine]

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Marc Jansen <jansen at terrestris.de> wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> thanks for your response... and indeed that is a working approach: I
> just added a dummy rule with a filter that is false for every feature of
> my dataset and the legend-entry showsd up:
>
>         //...
>         new OpenLayers.Rule({
>             name: '...selected',
>             // setting a filter that is never going to be fulfilled to
>             // get a legend entry
>             filter: new OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison({
>                 type: OpenLayers.Filter.Comparison.EQUAL_TO,
>                 property: "id",
>                 value: -1
>             }),
>             symbolizer: {
>                 strokeColor: '#22bbff',
>                 strokeWidth: 5,
>                 strokeOpacity: 1,
>                 fillColor: '#22bbff',
>                 fillOpacity: 0.4,
>                 pointRadius: 6
>             }
>         })
>
> But this really seems like a hack to me.

Inconvenient would be a proper term :-)

You probably know it but for the symbolizer you can provide
OpenLayers.Feature.Vector.style["select"].


> Is there a better approach?

Not that I know.

> Is
> it planned that future versions of the LegendPanel support different
> renderIntents?

Not that I know. But the other people know this panel more than me...


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