Re: [JPP-Devel] Theme concept for Layers

2007-07-08 Thread Stefan Steiniger
mhm.. it sounds interesting for me too.. even i think i have seen some similar concept. but here, the themes were shown only in a different "view".. called map-view (which avoids a bit confusion). I see the idea rathe as an add-on.. that means as a concept that is on the same level as a layer.

Re: [JPP-Devel] Theme concept for Layers

2007-06-27 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Paul, Paul wrote: "As much as possible I'm trying to do things as plugins, there are some things where there are not extension points. In these cases I'm trying to come up with some additional solutions to make the core more extensible." This is great Paul. If I can assist you in any way with thi

Re: [JPP-Devel] Theme concept for Layers

2007-06-27 Thread Paul Austin
As much as possible I'm trying to do things as plugins, there are some things where there are not extension points. In these cases I'm trying to come up with some additional solutions to make the core more extensible We'll see if anyone has any other suggestions on how to extend the Tree model

Re: [JPP-Devel] Theme concept for Layers

2007-06-27 Thread Sunburned Surveyor
Paul, I have some quick comments. First let me say that I think the concept you propose is an intersting one, and that I'm not dismissing it entirely. However, I have a couple of conerns and/or questions. My first concern is about simplicity. I know we are adding some great styling functionality

[JPP-Devel] Theme concept for Layers

2007-06-27 Thread Paul Austin
At the moment the Task frame has two levels, Category and Layer. I would like to propose a third Theme. What is a theme? A theme identifies a sub set of features in a Layer which have their own style, a label and you can show/hide the layer. For feature layers an example would be a building you