no ability to add custom SelectFeature [#1440996]

I grep'ed the whole module but can't find any other invocation to OpenLayers.Control.SelectFeature than for the popup and tooltip.
But SelectFeature is a must-have in a lot of situation.
Eg: you need to highlight some area, you need something like:

new OpenLayers.Control.SelectFeature(myLayer, {
	hover: true,
	highlightOnly: true,
	renderIntent: "temporary"
}

Even more important is selecting a feature:

new OpenLayers.Control.SelectFeature(myLayer, {
        multipleKey: "shiftKey",
        toggleKey: "ctrlKey",
	clickout: true
}

(+ properties around SelectFeatures like selectFeature.handlers.feature.stopDown)

My current use-case is to select among a geojson vector layer containing polygonal features, while geofield restrict me to "drawing" features.
Has a patch have yet to be written ? Can I be pointed to the issues talking about this subject ?
I think that the bare minimum would be a behavior with checkboxes to select layer and a big textarea for the raw javascript, it least the above control would become possible.

Comment	File	Size	Author
#1	openlayers_behavior_selectfeature.inc_.txt	2.36 KB	drzraf
#1	openlayers_behavior_selectfeature.js_.txt	785 bytes	drzraf

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Comment #1

drzraf CreditAttribution: drzraf commented 15 February 2012 at 15:01

File	Size
openlayers_behavior_selectfeature.js_.txt	785 bytes
openlayers_behavior_selectfeature.inc_.txt	2.36 KB

let's try this.
It's a draft and the main problem is the inability to attach multiple SelectFeature to differents layers.
I'll need advises for this.

[edit] I know about the missing comma after "hover", but it's not the main point of the issue

Comment #2

zzolo CreditAttribution: zzolo commented 23 March 2012 at 21:37

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» Needs work

Hi @drzaf. This sounds like a good idea and thanks for the "patch". I am still a bit confused on the exact use case, can you describe it a bit more.

There are a number of things wrong with this patch.

It's not a patch. Please see this for making a patch that includes new files: https://drupal.org/node/707484
For your options form, you are not using the correct types, like a select for values with finite possibilities.
You should add more description to the behavior, and to each option. See http://dev.openlayers.org/docs/files/OpenLayers/Control/SelectFeature-js...
I have not actually tried the patch, but in the JS, you are basically redefining everything, when you could just pass the options variable through to the Control.

I look forward to the new patch.