[Users] Map Panel Layer Issues..

[Andreas Hocevar]

Hi,

I'd say not creating an OpenLayers.Map instance yourself and adding layers to it is a good practice. Adding layers to the MapPanel.layers config is probably the simplest.

Regards,
Andreas.

On Oct 20, 2010, at 16:05 , Vince Lotito wrote:

> 
> 
> Hi Andreas,
> 
> Yes, this helps -- I was thinking that this might be the issue... I am mixing techniques.  Since I am walking this path, is there a "best practice" for loading layers eg.  the LayerStore vs. MapPanel layers config option vs. map.addLayers(...).
> 
> Thanks 
> Vince
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Andreas Hocevar [mailto:ahocevar at opengeo.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 3:16 AM
>> To: Vince Lotito
>> Cc: users at geoext.org
>> Subject: Re: [Users] Map Panel Layer Issues..
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> the API change is that we now add layers from the MapPanel's layers config
>> much later than before.
>> 
>> To have control over the order of layers, you should not mix techniques to
>> add layers to the map before the MapPanel is rendered. This means: either
>> stick with the layers config option of the MapPanel, or create a
>> LayerStore that you add your layer records to, or add all layers to the
>> OpenLayers.Map.
>> 
>> Once the MapPanel is rendered, you can mix techniques again.
>> 
>> Hope this helps,
>> Andreas.
>> 
>> On Oct 19, 2010, at 16:57 , Vince Lotito wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> I am upgrading to GeoExt 1.0 - and with that I am now experiencing
>> issues in the z-index of the layers in the map panel ... This is also
>> reflect in the order of the nodes in the tree panel. I've read the release
>> notes and was wondering if changes to the API around the MapPanel's layer
>> rendering could cause this and if so, what type of things should I be
>> looking at in my code to deal with this behavior.
>>> Vince
>>> 
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