[Chameleon] ungrouped layers and legendtemplate

[Ken-ichi Ueda]

Thanks, guys.  I ended up using a combination of your suggestions. 
Paul, what is Bart's recent fix you speak of?

Thanks again.

-Ken-ichi

On 6/1/05, Paul Spencer <pspencer at dmsolutions.ca> wrote:
> Ken-ichi
> 
> if you are using groups and group_html in your legend template, layers
> that do not have groups are not included by the template processor
> 
> One solution is to get Bart's recent fix that leaves layers with STATUS
> DEFAULT alone (i.e. always on) and use it on ungrouped layers
> 
> Another solution is to put all the ungrouped layers into a special group
> and use [if] statements to not show that group (but instead put <input
> type="hidden" name="legendgrouplayers[]" value="[leg_group_name">) to
> ensure that the layers stay on but not visible
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Paul
> 
> Jacob Delfos wrote:
> > Ken-Ichi,
> >
> > You can adjust your legend template to look for a metadata-value that
> > you made up, and then it can use boolean logic to determine whether or
> > not to show the layer in the legend. Have a look at
> > http://lists.maptools.org/pipermail/chameleon/2004-October/001526.html
> >
> > In short: if a layer has the same name as another layer, they will turn
> > on and off at the same time, even if only one layer shows in the legend.
> > That way you can emulate groups, while also having control of individual
> > layers. In your case, I would add a layer to your mapfile, with "STATUS
> > DEFAULT", and then use a metadata entry to prevent it from showing in
> > the legend.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Jacob
> >
> >
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> > [mailto:chameleon-bounces at lists.maptools.org] On Behalf Of Ken-ichi
> > Sent: 2 June 2005 06:03
> > To: chameleon at lists.maptools.org <mailto:chameleon at lists.maptools.org>
> > Subject: [Chameleon] ungrouped layers and legendtemplate
> >
> > Hi all.  I feel like this is a problem I have solved in the past but I
> > just can't seem to figure it out: my layers in a map file are organized
> > into GROUPs, and I have an HTML legend template that works fine with the
> > LegendTemplate widget.  However, when I have a layer that isn't a part
> > of a group, it disappears whenever the map is updated (update, zoom,
> > pan, whatever).  I was hoping to use ungrouping layers as a way of
> > hiding them from the legend while still displaying them on the map.  Is
> > Chameleon actually looking to some list of layers generated by
> > LegendTemplate when it draws an updated map?  Is there a better way to
> > effectively "hide" some layers from the legend in Chameleon?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > -Ken-ichi
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