Custom Popups

This example displays a customized popup on the map. Alternatively, use a Marker or Info Window to display the default popups.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

let map: google.maps.Map, popup, Popup;

/** Initializes the map and the custom popup. */
function initMap(): void {
  map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map") as HTMLElement, {
    center: { lat: -33.9, lng: 151.1 },
    zoom: 10,
  });

  /**
   * A customized popup on the map.
   */
  class Popup extends google.maps.OverlayView {
    position: google.maps.LatLng;
    containerDiv: HTMLDivElement;

    constructor(position: google.maps.LatLng, content: HTMLElement) {
      super();
      this.position = position;

      content.classList.add("popup-bubble");

      // This zero-height div is positioned at the bottom of the bubble.
      const bubbleAnchor = document.createElement("div");

      bubbleAnchor.classList.add("popup-bubble-anchor");
      bubbleAnchor.appendChild(content);

      // This zero-height div is positioned at the bottom of the tip.
      this.containerDiv = document.createElement("div");
      this.containerDiv.classList.add("popup-container");
      this.containerDiv.appendChild(bubbleAnchor);

      // Optionally stop clicks, etc., from bubbling up to the map.
      Popup.preventMapHitsAndGesturesFrom(this.containerDiv);
    }

    /** Called when the popup is added to the map. */
    onAdd() {
      this.getPanes()!.floatPane.appendChild(this.containerDiv);
    }

    /** Called when the popup is removed from the map. */
    onRemove() {
      if (this.containerDiv.parentElement) {
        this.containerDiv.parentElement.removeChild(this.containerDiv);
      }
    }

    /** Called each frame when the popup needs to draw itself. */
    draw() {
      const divPosition = this.getProjection().fromLatLngToDivPixel(
        this.position
      )!;

      // Hide the popup when it is far out of view.
      const display =
        Math.abs(divPosition.x) < 4000 && Math.abs(divPosition.y) < 4000
          ? "block"
          : "none";

      if (display === "block") {
        this.containerDiv.style.left = divPosition.x + "px";
        this.containerDiv.style.top = divPosition.y + "px";
      }

      if (this.containerDiv.style.display !== display) {
        this.containerDiv.style.display = display;
      }
    }
  }

  popup = new Popup(
    new google.maps.LatLng(-33.866, 151.196),
    document.getElementById("content") as HTMLElement
  );
  popup.setMap(map);
}

declare global {
  interface Window {
    initMap: () => void;
  }
}
window.initMap = initMap;

JavaScript

let map, popup, Popup;

/** Initializes the map and the custom popup. */
function initMap() {
  map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
    center: { lat: -33.9, lng: 151.1 },
    zoom: 10,
  });
  /**
   * A customized popup on the map.
   */
  class Popup extends google.maps.OverlayView {
    position;
    containerDiv;
    constructor(position, content) {
      super();
      this.position = position;
      content.classList.add("popup-bubble");

      // This zero-height div is positioned at the bottom of the bubble.
      const bubbleAnchor = document.createElement("div");

      bubbleAnchor.classList.add("popup-bubble-anchor");
      bubbleAnchor.appendChild(content);
      // This zero-height div is positioned at the bottom of the tip.
      this.containerDiv = document.createElement("div");
      this.containerDiv.classList.add("popup-container");
      this.containerDiv.appendChild(bubbleAnchor);
      // Optionally stop clicks, etc., from bubbling up to the map.
      Popup.preventMapHitsAndGesturesFrom(this.containerDiv);
    }
    /** Called when the popup is added to the map. */
    onAdd() {
      this.getPanes().floatPane.appendChild(this.containerDiv);
    }
    /** Called when the popup is removed from the map. */
    onRemove() {
      if (this.containerDiv.parentElement) {
        this.containerDiv.parentElement.removeChild(this.containerDiv);
      }
    }
    /** Called each frame when the popup needs to draw itself. */
    draw() {
      const divPosition = this.getProjection().fromLatLngToDivPixel(
        this.position,
      );
      // Hide the popup when it is far out of view.
      const display =
        Math.abs(divPosition.x) < 4000 && Math.abs(divPosition.y) < 4000
          ? "block"
          : "none";

      if (display === "block") {
        this.containerDiv.style.left = divPosition.x + "px";
        this.containerDiv.style.top = divPosition.y + "px";
      }

      if (this.containerDiv.style.display !== display) {
        this.containerDiv.style.display = display;
      }
    }
  }

  popup = new Popup(
    new google.maps.LatLng(-33.866, 151.196),
    document.getElementById("content"),
  );
  popup.setMap(map);
}

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;
}

/* The popup bubble styling. */
.popup-bubble {
  /* Position the bubble centred-above its parent. */
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  transform: translate(-50%, -100%);
  /* Style the bubble. */
  background-color: white;
  padding: 5px;
  border-radius: 5px;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  overflow-y: auto;
  max-height: 60px;
  box-shadow: 0px 2px 10px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
}

/* The parent of the bubble. A zero-height div at the top of the tip. */
.popup-bubble-anchor {
  /* Position the div a fixed distance above the tip. */
  position: absolute;
  width: 100%;
  bottom: 8px;
  left: 0;
}

/* This element draws the tip. */
.popup-bubble-anchor::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  /* Center the tip horizontally. */
  transform: translate(-50%, 0);
  /* The tip is a https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/css-triangle/ */
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  /* The tip is 8px high, and 12px wide. */
  border-left: 6px solid transparent;
  border-right: 6px solid transparent;
  border-top: 8px solid white;
}

/* JavaScript will position this div at the bottom of the popup tip. */
.popup-container {
  cursor: auto;
  height: 0;
  position: absolute;
  /* The max width of the info window. */
  width: 200px;
}

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Custom Popups</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map"></div>
    <div id="content">Hello world!</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>

Try Sample

Clone Sample

Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.

  git clone -b sample-overlay-popup https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git
  cd js-samples
  npm i
  npm start

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

  git checkout sample-SAMPLE_NAME
  npm i
  npm start