Progressing left to right, the next display (highlighted in red below), displays the type of content in the table (points, lines, regions or gridded). When turned off, the layer is not, visible, editable or selectable. The left hand check box (highlighted in red in the image below), can be used to turn a layer on and off. To clear the cosmetic layer, navigate to the Map > Clear Cosmetic Layer menu item. It can be useful to add objects to the cosmetic if the are not going to be saved. The cosmetic layer has no data attributes and so cannot be labelled. To change the priority of the layers, simply select a layer to move and either drag and drop the layer, within the layer control, or use the blue up and down arrow at the top of the Layer Control.Įach layer control always includes a ' Cosmetic Layer, this layer cannot be turned off, although the editable and selectable status can be toggled on or off. In the Layer Control above, the 2d_mat_M01_003 is above the Aerial_Photo_M01, and in the map window the 2d_mat_M01_003 will be visible on top of the aerial photo. The order is important in the Layer Control, as this controls the drawing order. Removing a layer does not close the file, it simple removes the layer from the active Map Window, to close a table, use the File > Close dialogue. Layers can be removed from the Layer Control by selecting the layer and using the Red Arrow at the top left. To be added to a map window layer control, the table must be open in the MapInfo session, if the table is not open, it must be opened with the File > Open dialogue (or dragged onto the MapInfo session.
LAYER CONTROL MAPINFO PLUS
Additional layers (if they are open) can be added using the green plus at the top left of screen. In the example above there are five layers are in the layer control. Once open the Layer Control window should appear to the left of the screen (in MapInfo 10 or later): Select the Layer Control icon in the tool bar (see image to the right).Right Click in the Map Window area and select Layer Control.
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