I have a number of maps that do similar things and thus have the same text label (in this case 'results' from a search). They also all have the same name in the separate views as they were all cloned from each other, and follow a naming convention.

In the layers page, they now all have exactly the same names, and I can't tell which is which - making editing almost impossible (I'm using a lot of layers and maps) That's why I've labelled this a bug not a feature request.

I feel it's better practise to use the view name than the overlay title to identify the view to site maintainers, as the overlay title is purely for user experience, not backend identification. The name of the view, then the name of the data overlay would be better and avoid the issue of identical layer names completely. Or both of those and the overlay title as well if its necessary.

But otherwise thanks for the great module.

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Ok here's a proposed format.

View name - overlay name (overlay title) - description.

Brackets still give you the title if its useful to some people (casual maintainers who know the front end better than the back) but give the full view and overlay title as the main easy-to-scan information.

Oh and to qualify further I am talking about the layers and styles page in the maps section, and the naming seems to be using the title of only the first data overlay for all in a particular view, making it even less useful.

Cheers