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ui.Map.Layer.setShown
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Sets the visibility of the layer.
Returns this map layer.
| Usage | Returns | Layer.setShown(shown) | ui.Map.AbstractLayer |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: ui.map.abstractlayer | ui.Map.AbstractLayer | The ui.Map.AbstractLayer instance. |
shown | Boolean, optional | Whether the layer is shown. |
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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