OpenLayers 2.7 Release Notes

As of 2.7-RC1, the OpenLayers 2.7 release closes 183 outstanding tickets.

Included in this release are ... More new features and fixes are listed below.

• Release wiki: Release/2.7
• Milestone: 2.7 Release
• Resolved Tickets

New features

• New XMLHTTPRequest interface: OpenLayers.Request makes doing all the AJAX calls (GET,POST,PUT,DELETE,OPTIONS,HEAD) simpler and more intuitive. See Request for detailed information. (r7335 / #1565)
• Class-management functions added to OpenLayers.Element class: hasClass(), addClass(), removeClass(), and toggleClass() all make it easier for users to manage/manipulate the css classes attributed to DOMElements. (r7579 / #1607)
• ZoomPanel and PanPanel controls: Essentially these are new css-ified versions of the PanZoom control, making it infinitely easier for users to add their own, customized panning and zooming controls (#1400)

Changes to existing applications from previous versions

• On the SelectFeature control hover can no longer be set on the SelectFeature control after the control has been initialized: must be passed at initialize time. (r7682 / #1655)
• Overlays with no scale/resolution properties set are now visible at all resolution levels (r/#)