Chris, by default, do you mean that if you construct a new map with an empty controls option, the attribution would be created anyway, or would not be created?
Cheers Paul PS +1 On 12-Sep-07, at 9:56 AM, Christopher Schmidt wrote: > On Wed, Sep 12, 2007 at 01:43:22PM -0000, OpenLayers wrote: >> #966: Add attribution control to map by default >> ----------------------- >> +---------------------------------------------------- >> Reporter: crschmidt | Owner: >> Type: bug | Status: new >> Priority: major | Milestone: 2.6 Release >> Component: Control | Version: 2.4 >> Keywords: | >> ----------------------- >> +---------------------------------------------------- >> In order to maek the attribution control useful, it should be on by >> default. That way, layers can simply provide 'attribution' inside >> them, >> and they will automatically be displayed on the map unless >> someone has >> taken deliberate steps to ensure otherwise. > > Can I get a vote on this? > > By default, this control will do nothing -- if no layers have > attribution on them, then nothing shows up. However, if someone adds > 'attribution' to the layer options, then it will show up -- rather > than > needing to add attribution *and* the control. > > The benefit is that some commercial organization can now provide a .js > file on their website that is *just* a layer class - and nothing > else -- > and expect it to work. I personally think this is kind of cool, and > would be in favor of it. > > Can I get a vote on this? All in favor of adding the > Control.Attribution > to the map by default? > > I'm +1. > > (Demo of functionality is at > http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/attribution.html , original > ticket is > at http://trac.openlayers.org/ticket/103) > > -- > Christopher Schmidt > MetaCarta > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ |Paul Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ |Chief Technology Officer | |DM Solutions Group Inc http://www.dmsolutions.ca/ | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list [email protected] http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/dev
