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 <robertdbuck...@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 > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@geoext.org > http://www.geoext.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Andreas Hocevar OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ Expert service straight from the developers. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@geoext.org http://www.geoext.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
