boundaries-click

Sample code supporting Google Maps Platform JavaScript API documentation. author(s): Geo Developer IX Documentation Team

HTML

<!doctype html>
<!--
 @license
 Copyright 2025 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-->

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Handle Region Boundary Click Event</title>

        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
        <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
        <script>
            // prettier-ignore
            (g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))})({
                key: "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY"
            });
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <gmp-map
            center="39.23,-105.73"
            zoom="8"
            map-id="8b37d7206ccf0121a2634fd5"></gmp-map>
    </body>
</html>

CSS

/**
 * @license
 * Copyright 2025 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */

/* 
 * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element
 * that contains the map. 
 */
gmp-map {
    height: 100%;
}

/* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */
html,
body {
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

JavaScript

'use strict';
/**
 * @license
 * Copyright 2025 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */

let innerMap;
let featureLayer;
let infoWindow;
let lastInteractedFeatureIds = [];
let lastClickedFeatureIds = [];

function handleClick(event) {
    lastClickedFeatureIds = event.features.map((f) => f.placeId);
    lastInteractedFeatureIds = [];
    featureLayer.style = applyStyle;
    void createInfoWindow(event);
}

function handleMouseMove(event) {
    lastInteractedFeatureIds = event.features.map((f) => f.placeId);
    featureLayer.style = applyStyle;
}

async function init() {
    // Request needed libraries.
    const { InfoWindow } = await google.maps.importLibrary('maps');

    // Get the gmp-map element.
    const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map');

    // Get the inner map.
    innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;

    // Set map options.
    innerMap.setOptions({
        mapTypeControl: false,
    });

    // Add the feature layer.
    featureLayer = innerMap.getFeatureLayer('ADMINISTRATIVE_AREA_LEVEL_2');

    // Add the event listeners for the feature layer.
    featureLayer.addListener('click', handleClick);
    featureLayer.addListener('mousemove', handleMouseMove);

    // Map event listener.
    innerMap.addListener('mousemove', () => {
        // If the map gets a mousemove, that means there are no feature layers
        // with listeners registered under the mouse, so we clear the last
        // interacted feature ids.
        if (lastInteractedFeatureIds?.length) {
            lastInteractedFeatureIds = [];
            featureLayer.style = applyStyle;
        }
    });

    // Create the infoWindow.
    infoWindow = new InfoWindow();
    // Apply style on load, to enable clicking.
    featureLayer.style = applyStyle;
}

// Helper function for the infoWindow.
async function createInfoWindow(event) {
    const feature = event.features[0];
    if (!feature.placeId) return;

    // Update the info window.
    //...