[Users] common name parameter in the tree loader Filter

[Andreas Hocevar]

Short answer: There is no naming convention.

Long answer: The "filter" property of the LayerLoader is a custom
function. This function is called with a layer record as argument, and
when you return true from that function, the layer will be added to
the tree.

Andreas.

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Robert Buckley
<robertdbuckley at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just a question to clarify really what is in the docs...
>
> ...does the treeloader filter use the layers'  "name" ...ie the text string
> which appears in the tree to filter layers to filter layers and NOT the
> variable name when defining the layer in javascript code?
>
>
> So in order to filter layers we have to begin by creating a layer name
> structure according to theme or region, and then apply the filter!..Are
> there any workarounds for this?...for example....If I have a layer container
> which filters my layers so that it contains only the layers which have the
> word "RROP" in their name and I want to also have a layer which displays
> something unrelented to the theme "rrop" but important to the geographic
> location, I would also have to name this particular layer something which
> contains the string RROP?
>
> Are there other ways to get around this naming convention?  It seems quite
> restricting. What is the layer were named after people? I would have to find
> a common string to use in the filter to get them displayed together?  e.g
> "person: Robert", "person:Richard", "person: John" etc etc
>
>
> or am I missing the point?
>
> yours,
>
> Rob
>
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