On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 11:10 AM, James Humphreys
<humphreysjames-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi Alexandre,
> Thanks for your suggestion. It's a good idea, but not quite the effect I'd
> like to achieve. If I understand correctly, the user would have to actually
> select the feature first then drag? I'd like the drag to "just work" without
> having to click it first.

How can you drag something without first clicking and selecting? Your
request is not clear. Care to elaborate?

> Unfortunately, I don't have time to try out the code right now (on Sunday
> maybe?) but if do figure out how to do this I'll make sure I post it up for
> everyone.
> Thanks,
> James
>
> On 30 September 2010 13:18, Alexandre Dube <adube-CX6nfA+BadZWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi James,
>>
>>   You could try to replace both the SelectFeature and DragFeature controls
>> by a ModifyFeature control, which contains a SelectFeature control itself so
>> you could listen to its "featureselected" event to display your popup.
>> Dragging the marker while it's selected should work.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Alexandre
>>
>>
>> On 10-09-29 04:43 PM, James Humphreys wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'd like to have markers on the map that have a baloon appear when I click
>> them, and are also draggable. I've created an OpenLayers map with markers
>> using a vector layer. When I click on the markers I'd like a baloon to pop
>> up (a FramedCloud). That's easy enough - I added a SelectFeature control
>> which, when clicked, add a FramedCloud to the map. Secondly, I'd like those
>> markers to be draggable, so I added a DragFeature control to the vector
>> layer.
>> It look like those two Controls can't co-exist. If I add them both, the
>> SelectFeature control doesn't work.
>>
>> I've put a quick example up at
>> http://www.humphreys.be/james/selectanddrag/selectanddrag.html
>> Here I've activated both features, so only "drag" works. You can download
>> the selectanddrag.HTML and selectanddrag.JS file to your PC, modify and play
>> with them. If you switch off the dragFeature, the selectControl works fine.
>>
>> I saw this has been discussed before, back in Feb:
>> http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/Click-on-OpenLayers-Feature-Vector-td4631284.html
>> According to this post the two Controls simply aren't compatible.
>>
>> Has the situation changed? Does anyone know how I can create a marker that
>> can have a bubble appear when I click it AND is draggable?
>> I'd love to hear anyone's opinion on this before I delve head first into
>> writing my own custom control (and I'm not that great at Javascript so it
>> could take a while...)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>> Here's a code snippet:
>>
>> map = new OpenLayers.Map('map');
>>
>> var layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.OSM.Mapnik("Mapnik");
>>     map.addLayer(layer);
>>
>> placesVL = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("My places", {... });
>> map.addLayer(placesVL);
>>
>> var marker1 = new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(getPoint(-0.58, 51.8));
>> var marker2 = new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(getPoint(-0.53, 51.2));
>> placesVL.addFeatures([marker1, marker2]);
>>
>> selectControl = new OpenLayers.Control.SelectFeature(placesVL,
>>                 {onSelect: onFeatureSelect, onUnselect:
>> onFeatureUnselect});
>> map.addControl(selectControl);
>> selectControl.activate();
>>
>> var dragFeature = new OpenLayers.Control.DragFeature(placesVL,
>> {'onComplete': onDragPlaceComplete});
>> map.addControl(dragFeature);
>> dragFeature.activate();
>>
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