Info Windows

This example displays a marker at the center of Australia. When the user clicks the marker, an info window appears.

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TypeScript

// This example displays a marker at the center of Australia.
// When the user clicks the marker, an info window opens.

function initMap(): void {
  const uluru = { lat: -25.363, lng: 131.044 };
  const map = new google.maps.Map(
    document.getElementById("map") as HTMLElement,
    {
      zoom: 4,
      center: uluru,
    }
  );

  const contentString =
    '<div id="content">' +
    '<div id="siteNotice">' +
    "</div>" +
    '<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading">Uluru</h1>' +
    '<div id="bodyContent">' +
    "<p><b>Uluru</b>, also referred to as <b>Ayers Rock</b>, is a large " +
    "sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the " +
    "Northern Territory, central Australia. It lies 335&#160;km (208&#160;mi) " +
    "south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs; 450&#160;km " +
    "(280&#160;mi) by road. Kata Tjuta and Uluru are the two major " +
    "features of the Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park. Uluru is " +
    "sacred to the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara, the " +
    "Aboriginal people of the area. It has many springs, waterholes, " +
    "rock caves and ancient paintings. Uluru is listed as a World " +
    "Heritage Site.</p>" +
    '<p>Attribution: Uluru, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uluru&oldid=297882194">' +
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uluru</a> " +
    "(last visited June 22, 2009).</p>" +
    "</div>" +
    "</div>";

  const infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
    content: contentString,
    ariaLabel: "Uluru",
  });

  const marker = new google.maps.Marker({
    position: uluru,
    map,
    title: "Uluru (Ayers Rock)",
  });

  marker.addListener("click", () => {
    infowindow.open({
      anchor: marker,
      map,
    });
  });
}

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

JavaScript

// This example displays a marker at the center of Australia.
// When the user clicks the marker, an info window opens.
function initMap() {
  const uluru = { lat: -25.363, lng: 131.044 };
  const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
    zoom: 4,
    center: uluru,
  });
  const contentString =
    '<div id="content">' +
    '<div id="siteNotice">' +
    "</div>" +
    '<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading">Uluru</h1>' +
    '<div id="bodyContent">' +
    "<p><b>Uluru</b>, also referred to as <b>Ayers Rock</b>, is a large " +
    "sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the " +
    "Northern Territory, central Australia. It lies 335&#160;km (208&#160;mi) " +
    "south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs; 450&#160;km " +
    "(280&#160;mi) by road. Kata Tjuta and Uluru are the two major " +
    "features of the Uluru - Kata Tjuta National Park. Uluru is " +
    "sacred to the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara, the " +
    "Aboriginal people of the area. It has many springs, waterholes, " +
    "rock caves and ancient paintings. Uluru is listed as a World " +
    "Heritage Site.</p>" +
    '<p>Attribution: Uluru, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uluru&oldid=297882194">' +
    "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uluru</a> " +
    "(last visited June 22, 2009).</p>" +
    "</div>" +
    "</div>";
  const infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
    content: contentString,
    ariaLabel: "Uluru",
  });
  const marker = new google.maps.Marker({
    position: uluru,
    map,
    title: "Uluru (Ayers Rock)",
  });

  marker.addListener("click", () => {
    infowindow.open({
      anchor: marker,
      map,
    });
  });
}

window.initMap = initMap;
index.js

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;
}

style.css

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Info Windows</title>

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

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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-infowindow-simple 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