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You can make markers more accessible by enabling click event handling, adding descriptive text for screen readers, and adjusting the marker scale.
title
option is readable by screen readers, and will display when a user holds the mouse pointer over the marker.See basic marker customization to learn how to change marker scale, add title text, and more.
The following example shows a map with five clickable, focusable markers that include title text, and have been set to 1.5x scale:
To navigate markers using the keyboard:This section shows you how to make markers respond to click events. To make a marker clickable:
gmpClickable
property to true
.const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({ position, map, title: `${i + 1}. ${title}`, content: pin.element, gmpClickable: true, });Note: Read the guide on using TypeScript and Google Maps. JavaScript
const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({ position, map, title: `${i + 1}. ${title}`, content: pin.element, gmpClickable: true, });
// Add a click listener for each marker, and set up the info window. marker.addListener('click', ({ domEvent, latLng }) => { const { target } = domEvent; infoWindow.close(); infoWindow.setContent(marker.title); infoWindow.open(marker.map, marker); });Note: Read the guide on using TypeScript and Google Maps. JavaScript
// Add a click listener for each marker, and set up the info window. marker.addListener('click', ({ domEvent, latLng }) => { const { target } = domEvent; infoWindow.close(); infoWindow.setContent(marker.title); infoWindow.open(marker.map, marker); });
To make a marker unclickable again, call removeListener
to remove the click event listener:
// Remove the listener.
google.maps.event.removeListener(clickListener);
To further enhance accessibility:
AdvancedMarkerElement.title
option.scale
property of PinElement
.async function initMap() { // Request needed libraries. const { Map, InfoWindow } = await google.maps.importLibrary("maps") as google.maps.MapsLibrary; const { AdvancedMarkerElement, PinElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary("marker") as google.maps.MarkerLibrary; const map = new Map(document.getElementById("map") as HTMLElement, { zoom: 12, center: { lat: 34.84555, lng: -111.8035 }, mapId: '4504f8b37365c3d0', }); // Set LatLng and title text for the markers. The first marker (Boynton Pass) // receives the initial focus when tab is pressed. Use arrow keys to move // between markers; press tab again to cycle through the map controls. const tourStops = [ { position: { lat: 34.8791806, lng: -111.8265049 }, title: "Boynton Pass" }, { position: { lat: 34.8559195, lng: -111.7988186 }, title: "Airport Mesa" }, { position: { lat: 34.832149, lng: -111.7695277 }, title: "Chapel of the Holy Cross" }, { position: { lat: 34.823736, lng: -111.8001857 }, title: "Red Rock Crossing" }, { position: { lat: 34.800326, lng: -111.7665047 }, title: "Bell Rock" }, ]; // Create an info window to share between markers. const infoWindow = new InfoWindow(); // Create the markers. tourStops.forEach(({position, title}, i) => { const pin = new PinElement({ glyph: `${i + 1}`, scale: 1.5, }); const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({ position, map, title: `${i + 1}. ${title}`, content: pin.element, gmpClickable: true, }); // Add a click listener for each marker, and set up the info window. marker.addListener('click', ({ domEvent, latLng }) => { const { target } = domEvent; infoWindow.close(); infoWindow.setContent(marker.title); infoWindow.open(marker.map, marker); }); }); } initMap();Note: Read the guide on using TypeScript and Google Maps. JavaScript
async function initMap() { // Request needed libraries. const { Map, InfoWindow } = await google.maps.importLibrary("maps"); const { AdvancedMarkerElement, PinElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary("marker"); const map = new Map(document.getElementById("map"), { zoom: 12, center: { lat: 34.84555, lng: -111.8035 }, mapId: '4504f8b37365c3d0', }); // Set LatLng and title text for the markers. The first marker (Boynton Pass) // receives the initial focus when tab is pressed. Use arrow keys to move // between markers; press tab again to cycle through the map controls. const tourStops = [ { position: { lat: 34.8791806, lng: -111.8265049 }, title: "Boynton Pass" }, { position: { lat: 34.8559195, lng: -111.7988186 }, title: "Airport Mesa" }, { position: { lat: 34.832149, lng: -111.7695277 }, title: "Chapel of the Holy Cross" }, { position: { lat: 34.823736, lng: -111.8001857 }, title: "Red Rock Crossing" }, { position: { lat: 34.800326, lng: -111.7665047 }, title: "Bell Rock" }, ]; // Create an info window to share between markers. const infoWindow = new InfoWindow(); // Create the markers. tourStops.forEach(({ position, title }, i) => { const pin = new PinElement({ glyph: `${i + 1}`, scale: 1.5, }); const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({ position, map, title: `${i + 1}. ${title}`, content: pin.element, gmpClickable: true, }); // Add a click listener for each marker, and set up the info window. marker.addListener('click', ({ domEvent, latLng }) => { const { target } = domEvent; infoWindow.close(); infoWindow.setContent(marker.title); infoWindow.open(marker.map, marker); }); }); } initMap();Note: The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet. CSS
/* * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element * that contains the map. */ #map { height: 100%; } /* * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */ html, body { height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; }HTML
<html> <head> <title>Advanced Marker Accessibility</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" /> <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script> </head> <body> <div id="map"></div> <!-- prettier-ignore --> <script>(g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${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: "AIzaSyA6myHzS10YXdcazAFalmXvDkrYCp5cLc8", v: "beta"});</script> </body> </html>Try Sample
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