[Users] How to share actions between multiple layers?

[Eric Lemoine]

On Sunday, May 9, 2010, Adam Ratcliffe <adam at prema.co.nz> wrote:
> In my application I have multiple WFS layers that should be editable by the user.  I have added GeoExt actions to the app toolbar for drawing/editing/removing polygons.  Each of these actions wraps an OL control that has a reference to a single layer.  How would I go about creating actions that can be shared by multiple layers?

Hi. Are you using a ModifyFeature control? This control works with one
layer only, so editing multiple layers at the same time isn't really
supported by OpenLayers. At this point I would recommend a design
where the user chooses the layer he or she wants to edit (using a
combo box for example).

Cheers,

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