[udig-devel] Style Editor Theme Question

[Cory Horner]

Samuel Doyle wrote:
> If I import a layer from a shapefile and want to modify the theme how 
> can I add new entries categorically?
> 
> uDig detects that I have only two unique values for an attribute but it 
> could possibly have more but it doesn't allow me to create more then two 
> possible color entries in the theme? Do I need to manually modify the 
> shapefile and add new records with new values so that the theme editor 
> detects the number I want?

Hi Samuel,

Hmm... "it could possibly have more"; the current style theme page 
creates a static Styled Layer Descriptor based on the shapefile.  Of 
course this doesn't take into account possible *future* values the 
attribute could have -- only the user can provide this.

We can add the ability to tweak the style, (+ and - icons, or the 
ability to set the number of classes beyond the number that is presently 
there) but at the moment this is just a simple thematic styler -- i was 
hoping to overhaul this for version 1.2, but maybe this needs a little 
midnight oil for 1.1...

Cory.