Google Map API v3 ~ Simply Close an infowindow?
JavascriptGoogle MapsGoogle Maps-Api-3Javascript Problem Overview
Trying to simply close an infowindow?
I already have an array of markers, so something like this would be good. Thanks
MyMarkers[i].infowindow.close();
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
With the v3 API, you can easily close the InfoWindow with the InfoWindow.close() method. You simply need to keep a reference to the InfoWindow object that you are using. Consider the following example, which opens up an InfoWindow and closes it after 5 seconds:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
<title>Google Maps API InfoWindow Demo</title>
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"
type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map" style="width: 400px; height: 500px;"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
zoom: 4,
center: new google.maps.LatLng(-25.36388, 131.04492),
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
});
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: map.getCenter(),
map: map
});
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
content: 'An InfoWindow'
});
infowindow.open(map, marker);
setTimeout(function () { infowindow.close(); }, 5000);
</script>
</body>
</html>
If you have a separate InfoWindow object for each Marker, you may want to consider adding the InfoWindow object as a property of your Marker objects:
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: map.getCenter(),
map: map
});
marker.infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
content: 'An InfoWindow'
});
Then you would be able to open and close that InfoWindow as follows:
marker.infowindow.open(map, marker);
marker.infowindow.close();
The same applies if you have an array of markers:
var markers = [];
marker[0] = new google.maps.Marker({
position: map.getCenter(),
map: map
});
marker[0].infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
content: 'An InfoWindow'
});
// ...
marker[0].infowindow.open(map, marker);
marker[0].infowindow.close();
Solution 2 - Javascript
Or you can share/reuse the same infoWindow object. See this google demo for reference.
Same code from demo
var Demo = { map: null, infoWindow: null
};
/**
* Called when clicking anywhere on the map and closes the info window.
*/
Demo.closeInfoWindow = function() {
Demo.infoWindow.close();
};
/**
* Opens the shared info window, anchors it to the specified marker, and
* displays the marker's position as its content.
*/
Demo.openInfoWindow = function(marker) {
var markerLatLng = marker.getPosition();
Demo.infoWindow.setContent([
'<b>Marker position is:</b><br/>',
markerLatLng.lat(),
', ',
markerLatLng.lng()
].join(''));
Demo.infoWindow.open(Demo.map, marker);
},
/**
* Called only once on initial page load to initialize the map.
*/
Demo.init = function() {
// Create single instance of a Google Map.
var centerLatLng = new google.maps.LatLng(37.789879, -122.390442);
Demo.map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), {
zoom: 13,
center: centerLatLng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
});
// Create a single instance of the InfoWindow object which will be shared
// by all Map objects to display information to the user.
Demo.infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
// Make the info window close when clicking anywhere on the map.
google.maps.event.addListener(Demo.map, 'click', Demo.closeInfoWindow);
// Add multiple markers in a few random locations around San Francisco.
// First random marker
var marker1 = new google.maps.Marker({
map: Demo.map,
position: centerLatLng
});
// Register event listeners to each marker to open a shared info
// window displaying the marker's position when clicked or dragged.
google.maps.event.addListener(marker1, 'click', function() {
Demo.openInfoWindow(marker1);
});
// Second random marker
var marker2 = new google.maps.Marker({
map: Demo.map,
position: new google.maps.LatLng(37.787814,-122.40764),
draggable: true
});
// Register event listeners to each marker to open a shared info
// window displaying the marker's position when clicked or dragged.
google.maps.event.addListener(marker2, 'click', function() {
Demo.openInfoWindow(marker2);
});
// Third random marker
var marker3 = new google.maps.Marker({
map: Demo.map,
position: new google.maps.LatLng(37.767568,-122.391665),
draggable: true
});
// Register event listeners to each marker to open a shared info
// window displaying the marker's position when clicked or dragged.
google.maps.event.addListener(marker3, 'click', function() {
Demo.openInfoWindow(marker3);
});
}
Solution 3 - Javascript
I was having a similar issue. I simply added the following to my code:
closeInfoWindow = function() {
infoWindow.close();
};
google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', closeInfoWindow);
The full js code is (the code above is about 15 lines from the bottom):
jQuery(window).load(function() {
if (jQuery("#map_canvas").length > 0){
googlemap();
}
});
function googlemap() {
jQuery('#map_canvas').css({'height': '400px'});
// Create the map
// No need to specify zoom and center as we fit the map further down.
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), {
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
streetViewControl: false
});
// Create the shared infowindow with two DIV placeholders
// One for a text string, the other for the StreetView panorama.
var content = document.createElement("div");
var title = document.createElement("div");
var boxText = document.createElement("div");
var myOptions = {
content: boxText
,disableAutoPan: false
,maxWidth: 0
,pixelOffset: new google.maps.Size(-117,-200)
,zIndex: null
,boxStyle: {
background: "url('"+siteRoot+"images/house-icon-flat.png') no-repeat"
,opacity: 1
,width: "236px"
,height: "300px"
}
,closeBoxMargin: "10px 0px 2px 2px"
,closeBoxURL: "http://kdev.langley.com/wp-content/themes/langley/images/close.gif"
,infoBoxClearance: new google.maps.Size(1, 1)
,isHidden: false
,pane: "floatPane"
,enableEventPropagation: false
};
var infoWindow = new InfoBox(myOptions);
var MarkerImage = siteRoot+'images/house-web-marker.png';
// Create the markers
for (index in markers) addMarker(markers[index]);
function addMarker(data) {
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: new google.maps.LatLng(data.lat, data.lng),
map: map,
title: data.title,
content: data.html,
icon: MarkerImage
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
infoWindow.open(map, this);
title.innerHTML = marker.getTitle();
infoWindow.setContent(marker.content);
infoWindow.open(map, marker);
jQuery(".innerinfo").parent().css({'overflow':'hidden', 'margin-right':'10px'});
});
}
// Zoom and center the map to fit the markers
// This logic could be conbined with the marker creation.
// Just keeping it separate for code clarity.
var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
for (index in markers) {
var data = markers[index];
bounds.extend(new google.maps.LatLng(data.lat, data.lng));
}
map.fitBounds(bounds);
var origcent = new google.maps.LatLng(map.getCenter());
// Handle the DOM ready event to create the StreetView panorama
// as it can only be created once the DIV inside the infowindow is loaded in the DOM.
closeInfoWindow = function() {
infoWindow.close();
};
google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', closeInfoWindow);
google.maps.event.addListener(infoWindow, 'closeclick', function()
{
centermap();
});
function centermap()
{
map.setCenter(map.fitBounds(bounds));
}
}
jQuery(window).resize(function() {
googlemap();
});
Solution 4 - Javascript
This one would also work:
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
if(!marker.open){
infowindow.open(map,marker);
marker.open = true;
}
else{
infowindow.close();
marker.open = false;
}
});
Which will open an infoWindow when clicked on it, close it when clicked on it if it was opened.
Also having seen Logan's solution, these 2 can be combined into this:
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
if(!marker.open){
infowindow.open(map,marker);
marker.open = true;
}
else{
infowindow.close();
marker.open = false;
}
google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', function() {
infowindow.close();
marker.open = false;
});
});
Which will open an infoWindow when clicked on it, close it when clicked on it and it was opened, and close it if it's clicked anywhere on the map and the infoWindows was opened.
Solution 5 - Javascript
You could simply add a click listener on the map inside the function that creates the InfoWindow
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
var infoWindow = createInfoWindowForMarker(marker);
infoWindow.open(map, marker);
google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', function() {
infoWindow.close();
});
});
Solution 6 - Javascript
The following event listener solved this nicely for me even when using multiple markers and info windows:
//Add click event listener
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
// Helper to check if the info window is already open
google.maps.InfoWindow.prototype.isOpen = function(){
var map = infoWindow.getMap();
return (map !== null && typeof map !== "undefined");
}
// Do the check
if (infoWindow.isOpen()){
// Close the info window
infoWindow.close();
} else {
//Set the new content
infoWindow.setContent(contentString);
//Open the infowindow
infoWindow.open(map, marker);
}
});
Solution 7 - Javascript
We can use infowindow.close(map); to close all info windows if you already initialize the info window using infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
Solution 8 - Javascript
infowindow.open(null,null);
will close opened infowindow. It will work same as