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Replacing Default Controls

  • This example demonstrates how to replace the default map controls with custom ones.

  • It covers creating custom zoom, map type, and fullscreen controls.

  • The sample provides code in both JavaScript and TypeScript.

  • Users can interact with a live demo through JSFiddle or Google Cloud Shell.

  • Instructions for cloning and running the sample locally are included.

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TypeScript

declareglobal{interfaceDocument{mozCancelFullScreen?:()=>Promise<void>;msExitFullscreen?:()=>Promise<void>;webkitExitFullscreen?:()=>Promise<void>;mozFullScreenElement?:Element;msFullscreenElement?:Element;webkitFullscreenElement?:Element;onwebkitfullscreenchange?:any;onmsfullscreenchange?:any;onmozfullscreenchange?:any;}interfaceHTMLElement{msRequestFullScreen?:()=>Promise<void>;mozRequestFullScreen?:()=>Promise<void>;webkitRequestFullScreen?:()=>Promise<void>;}}letmap:google.maps.Map;functioninitMap():void{map=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.querySelector("#map")asHTMLElement,{center:{lat:-34.397,lng:150.644},zoom:8,disableDefaultUI:true,});initZoomControl(map);initMapTypeControl(map);initFullscreenControl(map);}functioninitZoomControl(map:google.maps.Map){(document.querySelector(".zoom-control-in")asHTMLElement).onclick=function(){map.setZoom(map.getZoom()!+1);};(document.querySelector(".zoom-control-out")asHTMLElement).onclick=function(){map.setZoom(map.getZoom()!-1);};map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.RIGHT_BOTTOM].push(document.querySelector(".zoom-control")asHTMLElement);}functioninitMapTypeControl(map:google.maps.Map){constmapTypeControlDiv=document.querySelector(".maptype-control")asHTMLElement;(document.querySelector(".maptype-control-map")asHTMLElement).onclick=function(){mapTypeControlDiv.classList.add("maptype-control-is-map");mapTypeControlDiv.classList.remove("maptype-control-is-satellite");map.setMapTypeId("roadmap");};(document.querySelector(".maptype-control-satellite")asHTMLElement).onclick=function(){mapTypeControlDiv.classList.remove("maptype-control-is-map");mapTypeControlDiv.classList.add("maptype-control-is-satellite");map.setMapTypeId("hybrid");};map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.LEFT_TOP].push(mapTypeControlDiv);}functioninitFullscreenControl(map:google.maps.Map){constelementToSendFullscreen=map.getDiv().firstChildasHTMLElement;constfullscreenControl=document.querySelector(".fullscreen-control")asHTMLElement;map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.RIGHT_TOP].push(fullscreenControl);fullscreenControl.onclick=function(){if(isFullscreen(elementToSendFullscreen)){exitFullscreen();}else{requestFullscreen(elementToSendFullscreen);}};document.onwebkitfullscreenchange=document.onmsfullscreenchange=document.onmozfullscreenchange=document.onfullscreenchange=function(){if(isFullscreen(elementToSendFullscreen)){fullscreenControl.classList.add("is-fullscreen");}else{fullscreenControl.classList.remove("is-fullscreen");}};}functionisFullscreen(element:HTMLElement){return((document.fullscreenElement||document.webkitFullscreenElement||document.mozFullScreenElement||document.msFullscreenElement)==element);}functionrequestFullscreen(element:HTMLElement){if(element.requestFullscreen){element.requestFullscreen();}elseif(element.webkitRequestFullScreen){element.webkitRequestFullScreen();}elseif(element.mozRequestFullScreen){element.mozRequestFullScreen();}elseif(element.msRequestFullScreen){element.msRequestFullScreen();}}functionexitFullscreen(){if(document.exitFullscreen){document.exitFullscreen();}elseif(document.webkitExitFullscreen){document.webkitExitFullscreen();}elseif(document.mozCancelFullScreen){document.mozCancelFullScreen();}elseif(document.msExitFullscreen){document.msExitFullscreen();}}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
Note: Read theguide on using TypeScript and Google Maps.

JavaScript

letmap;functioninitMap(){map=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.querySelector("#map"),{center:{lat:-34.397,lng:150.644},zoom:8,disableDefaultUI:true,});initZoomControl(map);initMapTypeControl(map);initFullscreenControl(map);}functioninitZoomControl(map){document.querySelector(".zoom-control-in").onclick=function(){map.setZoom(map.getZoom()+1);};document.querySelector(".zoom-control-out").onclick=function(){map.setZoom(map.getZoom()-1);};map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.RIGHT_BOTTOM].push(document.querySelector(".zoom-control"),);}functioninitMapTypeControl(map){constmapTypeControlDiv=document.querySelector(".maptype-control");document.querySelector(".maptype-control-map").onclick=function(){mapTypeControlDiv.classList.add("maptype-control-is-map");mapTypeControlDiv.classList.remove("maptype-control-is-satellite");map.setMapTypeId("roadmap");};document.querySelector(".maptype-control-satellite").onclick=function(){mapTypeControlDiv.classList.remove("maptype-control-is-map");mapTypeControlDiv.classList.add("maptype-control-is-satellite");map.setMapTypeId("hybrid");};map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.LEFT_TOP].push(mapTypeControlDiv);}functioninitFullscreenControl(map){constelementToSendFullscreen=map.getDiv().firstChild;constfullscreenControl=document.querySelector(".fullscreen-control");map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.RIGHT_TOP].push(fullscreenControl);fullscreenControl.onclick=function(){if(isFullscreen(elementToSendFullscreen)){exitFullscreen();}else{requestFullscreen(elementToSendFullscreen);}};document.onwebkitfullscreenchange=document.onmsfullscreenchange=document.onmozfullscreenchange=document.onfullscreenchange=function(){if(isFullscreen(elementToSendFullscreen)){fullscreenControl.classList.add("is-fullscreen");}else{fullscreenControl.classList.remove("is-fullscreen");}};}functionisFullscreen(element){return((document.fullscreenElement||document.webkitFullscreenElement||document.mozFullScreenElement||document.msFullscreenElement)==element);}functionrequestFullscreen(element){if(element.requestFullscreen){element.requestFullscreen();}elseif(element.webkitRequestFullScreen){element.webkitRequestFullScreen();}elseif(element.mozRequestFullScreen){element.mozRequestFullScreen();}elseif(element.msRequestFullScreen){element.msRequestFullScreen();}}functionexitFullscreen(){if(document.exitFullscreen){document.exitFullscreen();}elseif(document.webkitExitFullscreen){document.webkitExitFullscreen();}elseif(document.mozCancelFullScreen){document.mozCancelFullScreen();}elseif(document.msExitFullscreen){document.msExitFullscreen();}}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;}.gm-style.controls{font-size:28px;/* this adjusts the size of all the controls */background-color:white;box-shadow:rgba(0,0,0,0.3)0px1px4px-1px;box-sizing:border-box;border-radius:2px;cursor:pointer;font-weight:300;height:1em;margin:6px;text-align:center;user-select:none;padding:2px;width:1em;}.gm-style.controlsbutton{border:0;background-color:white;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.6);}.gm-style.controlsbutton:hover{color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);}.gm-style.controls.zoom-control{display:flex;flex-direction:column;height:auto;}.gm-style.controls.zoom-controlbutton{font:0.85emArial;margin:1px;padding:0;}.gm-style.controls.maptype-control{display:flex;flex-direction:row;width:auto;}.gm-style.controls.maptype-controlbutton{display:inline-block;font-size:0.5em;margin:01px;padding:06px;}.gm-style.controls.maptype-control.maptype-control-is-map.maptype-control-map{font-weight:700;}.gm-style.controls.maptype-control.maptype-control-is-satellite.maptype-control-satellite{font-weight:700;}.gm-style.controls.fullscreen-controlbutton{display:block;font-size:1em;height:100%;width:100%;}.gm-style.controls.fullscreen-control.fullscreen-control-icon{border-style:solid;height:0.25em;position:absolute;width:0.25em;}.gm-style.controls.fullscreen-control.fullscreen-control-icon.fullscreen-control-top-left{border-width:2px002px;left:0.1em;top:0.1em;}.gm-style.controls.fullscreen-control.is-fullscreen.fullscreen-control-icon.fullscreen-control-top-left{border-width:02px2px0;}.gm-style.controls.fullscreen-control.fullscreen-control-icon.fullscreen-control-top-right{border-width:2px2px00;right:0.1em;top:0.1em;}.gm-style.controls.fullscreen-control.is-fullscreen.fullscreen-control-icon.fullscreen-control-top-right{border-width:002px2px;}.gm-style.controls.fullscreen-control.fullscreen-control-icon.fullscreen-control-bottom-left{border-width:002px2px;left:0.1em;bottom:0.1em;}.gm-style.controls.fullscreen-control.is-fullscreen.fullscreen-control-icon.fullscreen-control-bottom-left{border-width:2px2px00;}.gm-style.controls.fullscreen-control.fullscreen-control-icon.fullscreen-control-bottom-right{border-width:02px2px0;right:0.1em;bottom:0.1em;}.gm-style.controls.fullscreen-control.is-fullscreen.fullscreen-control-icon.fullscreen-control-bottom-right{border-width:2px002px;}

HTML

<html>  <head>    <title>Replacing Default Controls</title>    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>  </head>  <body>    <div></div>    <!-- Hide controls until they are moved into the map. -->    <div>      <div>        <button title="Zoom In">+</button>        <button title="Zoom Out">−</button>      </div>      <div>        <button title="Show road map">Map</button>        <button                   title="Show satellite imagery"        >          Satellite        </button>      </div>      <div>        <button title="Toggle Fullscreen">          <div                     ></div>          <div                     ></div>          <div                     ></div>          <div                     ></div>        </button>      </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.

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