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Cooperative Gesture Handling

  • This sample demonstrates how to implement "cooperative" gesture handling on Google Maps for mobile devices.

  • Cooperative gesture handling requires users to use one finger to scroll the webpage and two fingers to pan the map.

  • The sample utilizes thegestureHandling option set to "cooperative" within the Map instantiation.

  • The provided code snippets showcase the implementation in TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML.

  • Users can try the sample live using provided links to JSFiddle and Google Cloud Shell, or clone and run it locally.

This example uses thecooperative value for thegestureHandling option to control the panning and scrollingbehavior of a map when viewed on a mobile device.

Read thedocumentation.

TypeScript

/** * This sample sets the gesture handling mode to 'cooperative', * which means that on a mobile device, the user must swipe with one * finger to scroll the page and two fingers to pan the map. */functioninitMap():void{constcenter={lat:-25.363,lng:131.044};constzoom=4;newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")!,{zoom,center,gestureHandling:"cooperative",});}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
Note: Read theguide on using TypeScript and Google Maps.

JavaScript

/** * This sample sets the gesture handling mode to 'cooperative', * which means that on a mobile device, the user must swipe with one * finger to scroll the page and two fingers to pan the map. */functioninitMap(){constcenter={lat:-25.363,lng:131.044};constzoom=4;newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),{zoom,center,gestureHandling:"cooperative",});}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>Cooperative Gesture Handling</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-interaction-cooperativehttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.gitcdjs-samplesnpminpmstart

Other samples can be tried by switching to any branch beginning withsample-SAMPLE_NAME.

gitcheckoutsample-SAMPLE_NAMEnpminpmstart

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Last updated 2025-12-11 UTC.