add popup and contextmenu examples to readme

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Dave Conway-Jones 6 years ago
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@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ map web page for plotting "things" on.
### Updates
- v1.5.36 - Fix contextmenu $name substitution
- v1.5.35 - Add msp.delete command to remove any layers not needed at start (array of names). Issue #83.
- v1.5.36 - Fix contextmenu $name substitution. Issue #84
- v1.5.35 - Add msg.delete command to remove any layers not needed at start (array of names). Issue #83.
- v1.5.34 - Add command.contextmenu to set non-marker context menu (defaults to add marker).
- v1.5.33 - Let blank input disable contextmenu completely. Tidy up help, update dialog polyfill.
- v1.5.32 - Add .contextmenu custom right click menu, Fix map lock, Close websocket on unload
@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ The **worldmap in** node can be used to receive various events from the map. Exa
There is a function available to make sending date to Node-RED easier (e.g. from inside a user defined popup), called feedback() - it takes two parameters, name and value, and can be used inside something like an input tag - `onchange='feedback(this.name,this.value)'`. Value can be a more complex object if required as long as it is serialisable.
All actions also include a `msg._sessionid` property that indicates which client session they came from. Any msg sent out that include this will ONLY to that session - so you can target map updates to certain sessions only if required.
All actions also include a `msg._sessionid` property that indicates which client session they came from. Any msg sent out that includes this property will ONLY be sent to that session - so you can target map updates to certain sessions only if required.
## Controlling the map
@ -311,7 +311,23 @@ to remove
msg.payload.command = { "button": { "name":"My Fancy Button" } };
#### To draw a heavily customized Circle on a layer
#### To add a custom popup or contextmenu
You can customise a marker's popup, or context menu (right click), by setting the
appropriate property to an html string. Often you will need some embedded javascript
in order to make it do something when you click a button for example. You need to be
careful escaping quotes, and that they remain matched.
For example a popup with a slider (note the \ escaping the internal ' )
popup: '<input name="slide1" type="range" min="1" max="100" value="50" onchange=\'feedback(this.name,this.value)\' style="width:250px;">'
Or a contextmenu with a button
contextmenu: '<button name="Clicker" onclick=\'feedback(this.name)\'>Click me</button>'
#### To draw a heavily customised Circle on a layer
msg.payload.command = {
"name": "circle",
@ -339,7 +355,7 @@ style server by adding a property `wms: true`. (see overlay example below)
#### To remove base or overlay layers
To remove several layers, either base layers or overlays, you can pass an array of names as follows.
This can be useful tidy up the initial selections available to the user layer menu.
This can be used to tidy up the initial selections available to the user layer menu.
msg.payload.command.map = {
"delete":["Watercolor","Ship Nav","Heatmap"]

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