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Make polylines clickable

This example shows how to create a polyline that thedrawsOccludedSegmentsproperty when clicked.

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JavaScript

letmap;asyncfunctioninit(){const{Map3DElement,MapMode,AltitudeMode,Polyline3DInteractiveElement}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("maps3d");map=newMap3DElement({center:{lat:37.7927,lng:-122.4020,altitude:65.93},range:3362.87,tilt:64.01,heading:25.00,mode:MapMode.SATELLITE,gestureHandling:"COOPERATIVE"});document.body.append(map);constpolyline=newPolyline3DInteractiveElement({coordinates:[{lat:37.80515638571346,lng:-122.4032569467164},{lat:37.80337073509504,lng:-122.4012878349353},{lat:37.79925208843463,lng:-122.3976697250461},{lat:37.7989102378512,lng:-122.3983408725656},{lat:37.79887832784348,lng:-122.3987094864192},{lat:37.79786443410338,lng:-122.4066878788802},{lat:37.79549248916587,lng:-122.4032992702785},{lat:37.78861484290265,lng:-122.4019489189814},{lat:37.78618687561075,lng:-122.398969592545},{lat:37.7892310309145,lng:-122.3951458683092},{lat:37.7916358762409,lng:-122.3981969390652}],strokeColor:'blue',outerColor:'white',strokeWidth:10,outerWidth:0.4,altitudeMode:AltitudeMode.RELATIVE_TO_GROUND,// Place it on the ground (as it has no altitude it will just be at ground height).drawsOccludedSegments:true,// Show the line through the buildings or anything else that might get in the way.});polyline.addEventListener('gmp-click',(event)=>{// Toggle whether the line draws occluded segments.event.target.drawsOccludedSegments=!event.target.drawsOccludedSegments;});map.append(polyline);}init();
Note: The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet.

CSS

/* * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element * that contains the map. */html,map{height:100%;}body{height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;}

HTML

<html>  <head>    <title>Map</title>    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>  </head>  <body>    <div></div>    <!-- prettier-ignore -->    <script>(g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))})        ({key: "AIzaSyA6myHzS10YXdcazAFalmXvDkrYCp5cLc8", v: "beta",});</script>  </body></html>

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Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow theseinstructionsto install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.

gitclonehttps://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.gitcdsamples/3d-polyline-click-eventnpminpmstart

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