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ui.Map.Layer.setName
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Sets the name of the layer.
Returns this map layer.
| Usage | Returns | Layer.setName(name) | ui.Map.AbstractLayer |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: ui.map.abstractlayer | ui.Map.AbstractLayer | The ui.Map.AbstractLayer instance. |
name | String, optional | The name of the layer. |
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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