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Control Options

  • This code demonstrates how to customize the Map Type control in Google Maps to display as a dropdown menu.

  • It utilizes theMapTypeControlOptions and specifically thestyle property set toDROPDOWN_MENU to achieve this.

  • The example also shows how to limit the map types displayed in the dropdown to "roadmap" and "terrain" using themapTypeIds property.

  • The sample provides both TypeScript and JavaScript implementations along with the necessary HTML and CSS for rendering.

This example sets the Map Type control to use the dropdown style.

Read thedocumentation.

TypeScript

// You can set control options to change the default position or style of many// of the map controls.functioninitMap():void{constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{zoom:4,center:{lat:-33,lng:151},mapTypeControl:true,mapTypeControlOptions:{style:google.maps.MapTypeControlStyle.DROPDOWN_MENU,mapTypeIds:["roadmap","terrain"],},});}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
Note: Read theguide on using TypeScript and Google Maps.

JavaScript

// You can set control options to change the default position or style of many// of the map controls.functioninitMap(){constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),{zoom:4,center:{lat:-33,lng:151},mapTypeControl:true,mapTypeControlOptions:{style:google.maps.MapTypeControlStyle.DROPDOWN_MENU,mapTypeIds:["roadmap","terrain"],},});}window.initMap=initMap;
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. */#map{height:100%;}/* * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */html,body{height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;}

HTML

<html>  <head>    <title>Control Options</title>    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>  </head>  <body>    <div></div>    <!--       The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML      document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,      and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See      https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api      for more information.      -->    <script      src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly"      defer    ></script>  </body></html>

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

gitclone-bsample-control-optionshttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.gitcdjs-samplesnpminpmstart

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Last updated 2025-11-21 UTC.