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This example renders the Place Search element in response to a user text input and displays a Place Details Compact Element for the selected place. Read the documentation.
TypeScript
// Query selectors for various elements in the HTML file. constmap=document.querySelector('gmp-map')!; constplaceSearch=document.querySelector('gmp-place-search')!; constplaceSearchQuery=document.querySelector( 'gmp-place-text-search-request' )!; constplaceDetails=document.querySelector('gmp-place-details-compact')!; constplaceRequest=document.querySelector('gmp-place-details-place-request')!; constqueryInput=document.querySelector('.query-input')asHTMLInputElement; constsearchButton=document.querySelector('.search-button')!; // Global variables for the map, markers, and info window. constmarkers=newMap<string,google.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement>(); letinfoWindow:google.maps.InfoWindow; // The init function is called when the page loads. asyncfunctioninit():Promise<void>{ // Import the necessary libraries from the Google Maps API. const[{InfoWindow}]=awaitPromise.all([ google.maps.importLibrary('maps'), google.maps.importLibrary('places'), ]); // Create a new info window and set its content to the place details element. placeDetails.remove();// Hide the place details element because it is not needed until the info window opens infoWindow=newInfoWindow({ content:placeDetails, ariaLabel:'Place Details', }); // Set the map options. map.innerMap.setOptions({ clickableIcons:false, mapTypeControl:false, streetViewControl:false, }); // Add event listeners to the query input and place search elements. searchButton.addEventListener('click',()=>{ searchPlaces(); }); queryInput.addEventListener('keydown',(event)=>{ if(event.key==='Enter'){ searchPlaces(); } }); placeSearch.addEventListener('gmp-select',(event)=>{ const{place}=event; markers.get(place.id)?.click(); }); placeSearch.addEventListener('gmp-load',()=>{ voidaddMarkers(); }); searchPlaces(); } // The searchPlaces function is called when the user changes the query input or when the page loads. functionsearchPlaces(){ // Close the info window and clear the markers. infoWindow.close(); for(constmarkerofmarkers.values()){ marker.remove(); } markers.clear(); // Set the place search query and add an event listener to the place search element. if(queryInput.value){ constcenter=map.center; if(center){ placeSearchQuery.locationBias=center; } // The textQuery property is required for the search element to load. // Any other configured properties will be ignored if textQuery is not set. placeSearchQuery.textQuery=queryInput.value; } } // The addMarkers function is called when the place search element loads. asyncfunctionaddMarkers(){ // Import the necessary libraries from the Google Maps API. const[{AdvancedMarkerElement},{LatLngBounds}]=awaitPromise.all([ google.maps.importLibrary('marker'), google.maps.importLibrary('core'), ]); constbounds=newLatLngBounds(); if(placeSearch.places.length===0){ return; } for(constplaceofplaceSearch.places){ if(!place.location){ continue; } constmarker=newAdvancedMarkerElement({ map:map.innerMap, position:place.location, collisionBehavior:'REQUIRED_AND_HIDES_OPTIONAL', }); markers.set(place.id,marker); bounds.extend(place.location); marker.addListener('click',()=>{ placeRequest.place=place; infoWindow.open(map.innerMap,marker); }); } map.innerMap.fitBounds(bounds); } voidinit();
JavaScript
// Query selectors for various elements in the HTML file. constmap=document.querySelector('gmp-map'); constplaceSearch=document.querySelector('gmp-place-search'); constplaceSearchQuery=document.querySelector( 'gmp-place-text-search-request' ); constplaceDetails=document.querySelector('gmp-place-details-compact'); constplaceRequest=document.querySelector('gmp-place-details-place-request'); constqueryInput=document.querySelector('.query-input'); constsearchButton=document.querySelector('.search-button'); // Global variables for the map, markers, and info window. constmarkers=newMap(); letinfoWindow; // The init function is called when the page loads. asyncfunctioninit(){ // Import the necessary libraries from the Google Maps API. const[{InfoWindow}]=awaitPromise.all([ google.maps.importLibrary('maps'), google.maps.importLibrary('places'), ]); // Create a new info window and set its content to the place details element. placeDetails.remove();// Hide the place details element because it is not needed until the info window opens infoWindow=newInfoWindow({ content:placeDetails, ariaLabel:'Place Details', }); // Set the map options. map.innerMap.setOptions({ clickableIcons:false, mapTypeControl:false, streetViewControl:false, }); // Add event listeners to the query input and place search elements. searchButton.addEventListener('click',()=>{ searchPlaces(); }); queryInput.addEventListener('keydown',(event)=>{ if(event.key==='Enter'){ searchPlaces(); } }); placeSearch.addEventListener('gmp-select',(event)=>{ const{place}=event; markers.get(place.id)?.click(); }); placeSearch.addEventListener('gmp-load',()=>{ voidaddMarkers(); }); searchPlaces(); } // The searchPlaces function is called when the user changes the query input or when the page loads. functionsearchPlaces(){ // Close the info window and clear the markers. infoWindow.close(); for(constmarkerofmarkers.values()){ marker.remove(); } markers.clear(); // Set the place search query and add an event listener to the place search element. if(queryInput.value){ constcenter=map.center; if(center){ placeSearchQuery.locationBias=center; } // The textQuery property is required for the search element to load. // Any other configured properties will be ignored if textQuery is not set. placeSearchQuery.textQuery=queryInput.value; } } // The addMarkers function is called when the place search element loads. asyncfunctionaddMarkers(){ // Import the necessary libraries from the Google Maps API. const[{AdvancedMarkerElement},{LatLngBounds}]=awaitPromise.all([ google.maps.importLibrary('marker'), google.maps.importLibrary('core'), ]); constbounds=newLatLngBounds(); if(placeSearch.places.length===0){ return; } for(constplaceofplaceSearch.places){ if(!place.location){ continue; } constmarker=newAdvancedMarkerElement({ map:map.innerMap, position:place.location, collisionBehavior:'REQUIRED_AND_HIDES_OPTIONAL', }); markers.set(place.id,marker); bounds.extend(place.location); marker.addListener('click',()=>{ placeRequest.place=place; infoWindow.open(map.innerMap,marker); }); } map.innerMap.fitBounds(bounds); } voidinit();
CSS
html, body{ height:100%; margin:0; } body{ display:flex; flex-direction:column; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; } .container{ display:flex; height:100vh; width:100%; } gmp-map{ flex-grow:1; } .ui-panel{ width:400px; margin-left:20px; margin-right:20px; margin-top:10px; overflow-y:auto; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; } .list-container{ display:flex; flex-direction:column; } gmp-place-search{ width:100%; margin:0; border:none; color-scheme:light; } .query-input{ width:100%; padding:8px; margin-bottom:10px; box-sizing:border-box; } .search-button{ width:100%; padding:8px; margin-bottom:10px; box-sizing:border-box; background-color:#1a73e8; color:white; border:none; cursor:pointer; } .search-button:hover, .search-button:focus-visible{ background-color:#1765cc; }
HTML
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Place Text Search with Google Maps</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<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>
<div class="container">
<div class="ui-panel">
<div class="controls">
<input
type="text"
id="query-input"
class="query-input"
placeholder="Search for a place"
value="cafe" />
<button class="search-button">Search</button>
</div>
<div class="list-container">
<gmp-place-search selectable>
<gmp-place-all-content></gmp-place-all-content>
<gmp-place-text-search-request
max-result-count="5"></gmp-place-text-search-request>
</gmp-place-search>
</div>
</div>
<!-- map-id is required to use advanced markers. See https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/map-ids/mapid-over. -->
<gmp-map center="-37.813,144.963" zoom="16" map-id="DEMO_MAP_ID">
</gmp-map>
</div>
<!--
The gmp-place-details-compact element is styled inline because it is
conditionally rendered and moved into the info window, which is
part of the map's shadow DOM.
-->
<gmp-place-details-compact
orientation="horizontal"
truncation-preferred
style="
width: 400px;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
border: none;
background-color: transparent;
color-scheme: light;
">
<gmp-place-details-place-request></gmp-place-details-place-request>
<gmp-place-content-config>
<gmp-place-media></gmp-place-media>
<gmp-place-rating></gmp-place-rating>
<gmp-place-price></gmp-place-price>
<gmp-place-accessible-entrance-icon></gmp-place-accessible-entrance-icon>
<gmp-place-open-now-status></gmp-place-open-now-status>
<gmp-place-attribution
light-scheme-color="gray"
dark-scheme-color="white"></gmp-place-attribution>
</gmp-place-content-config>
</gmp-place-details-compact>
</body>
</html>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.
gitclonehttps://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.gitcdsamples/ui-kit-place-search-textnpminpmstart