Adding Controls to the Map
Page Summary
This example demonstrates how to disable the zoom control on a Google Map.
It utilizes the
zoomControl: falseoption within the map initialization.The scale control remains enabled for alternative scaling functionality.
Provided code snippets include TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML for implementation.
Users can explore the sample via JSFiddle, Google Cloud Shell, or by cloning and running the code locally.
This example creates a map with the zoom control disabled.
Read thedocumentation.
TypeScript
functioninitMap():void{constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{zoom:4,center:{lat:-33,lng:151},zoomControl:false,scaleControl:true,});}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
JavaScript
functioninitMap(){constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),{zoom:4,center:{lat:-33,lng:151},zoomControl:false,scaleControl:true,});}window.initMap=initMap;
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>Adding Controls to the Map</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-simplehttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.gitcdjs-samplesnpminpmstart
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Last updated 2025-12-18 UTC.