Google Maps API - ControlPosition with Infowindow

Question

Is it possible to use something similar to maps.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_CENTER].push(infoWindow) to have a control window show in the top center of the map?

I have a map with polygons to enable mouseover events. I am trying to also have the infowindow of the polgyon popup in the top-center of the map and disappear on mouseout (I am hoping to avoid using CSS because I would like this to be as pure Google API as possible but I understand that's impossible sometimes).

Polygons are great but the Infowindow keeps displaying at the top left of the screen. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!

Currently I am getting this error message when I try to mouseover: "Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'zIndex' of undefined"

JS of the part used to create the polygons and add listeners:

function createPolygon(city, url, name){
var infoWindow  = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
    google.maps.event.addListener(city, 'mouseover', function() {

      this.setOptions(
        {
          fillOpacity: 0.4,
        }
      );

      infoWindow.setContent(name);
      console.log(infoWindow);
      console.log("City: " + city + " URL: " + url + " Name: " + name);
      infoWindow.open(map, this);
        map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_CENTER].push(infoWindow);

      console.log("awww yis");
    });

    google.maps.event.addListener(city, 'mouseout', function() {
      this.setOptions(
        {
          fillOpacity: 0.1,
        }
      );
      infoWindow.close();
      console.log("awww no");
    });

    google.maps.event.addListener(city, 'click', function(){
      console.log("aaaawww yis");
      window.location = url;
    });
  }

geocodezip · Accepted Answer

If you want to create a control on the map rather than the infowindow, you can do this (you could also put the content in some other fixed div on your page outside of the map):

function createPolygon(city, url, name) {
  var infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
  var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
  for (var i = 0; i < city.getPath().getLength(); i++) {
    bounds.extend(city.getPath().getAt(i));
  }
  var center = bounds.getCenter();
  google.maps.event.addListener(city, 'mouseover', function() {
    this.setOptions({
      fillOpacity: 0.4,
    });
    var textonome = document.createElement('DIV');
    textonome.className = "caixabranca";
    textonome.innerHTML = "" + name + "
" + url;
    map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_CENTER].push(textonome);

    console.log("City: " + city + " URL: " + url + " Name: " + name);
    console.log("awww yis");
  });

  google.maps.event.addListener(city, 'mouseout', function() {
    this.setOptions({
      fillOpacity: 0.1,
    });
    map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_CENTER].clear();
    console.log("awww no");
  });

  google.maps.event.addListener(city, 'click', function() {
    console.log("aaaawww yis");
    window.location = url;
  });
}

working code snippet:

var map;

function initialize() {
  var mapOptions = {
    zoom: 5,
    center: new google.maps.LatLng(40, -117),
    mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
  };

  map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), mapOptions);

  var arr = new Array();
  var polygons = [];
  var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();

  // downloadUrl("subdivision-coordinates.php", function(data) {
  var xml = xmlParse(xmlString);
  var subdivision = xml.getElementsByTagName("subdivision");
  // alert(subdivision.length);
  for (var i = 0; i < subdivision.length; i++) {
    arr = [];
    var coordinates = xml.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("subdivision")[i].getElementsByTagName("coord");
    for (var j = 0; j < coordinates.length; j++) {
      arr.push(new google.maps.LatLng(
        parseFloat(coordinates[j].getAttribute("lat")),
        parseFloat(coordinates[j].getAttribute("lng"))
      ));

      bounds.extend(arr[arr.length - 1])
    }
    polygons.push(new google.maps.Polygon({
      paths: arr,
      strokeColor: '#FF0000',
      strokeOpacity: 0.8,
      strokeWeight: 2,
      fillColor: '#FF0000',
      fillOpacity: 0.1
    }));
    polygons[polygons.length - 1].setMap(map);
    createPolygon(polygons[polygons.length - 1], "", "polygon " + polygons.length);
  }
  // });
  map.fitBounds(bounds);
}

function createPolygon(city, url, name) {
  var infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
  var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
  for (var i = 0; i < city.getPath().getLength(); i++) {
    bounds.extend(city.getPath().getAt(i));
  }
  var center = bounds.getCenter();
  google.maps.event.addListener(city, 'mouseover', function() {
    this.setOptions({
      fillOpacity: 0.4,
    });
    var textonome = document.createElement('DIV');
    textonome.className = "caixabranca";
    textonome.innerHTML = "" + name + "
" + url;
    map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_CENTER].push(textonome);

    console.log(infoWindow);
    console.log("City: " + city + " URL: " + url + " Name: " + name);
    console.log("awww yis");
  });

  google.maps.event.addListener(city, 'mouseout', function() {
    this.setOptions({
      fillOpacity: 0.1,
    });
    map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_CENTER].clear();
    console.log("awww no");
  });

  google.maps.event.addListener(city, 'click', function() {
    console.log("aaaawww yis");
    window.location = url;
  });
}

var xmlString = '';

/**
 * Parses the given XML string and returns the parsed document in a
 * DOM data structure. This function will return an empty DOM node if
 * XML parsing is not supported in this browser.
 * @param {string} str XML string.
 * @return {Element|Document} DOM.
 */
function xmlParse(str) {
  if (typeof ActiveXObject != 'undefined' && typeof GetObject != 'undefined') {
    var doc = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLDOM');
    doc.loadXML(str);
    return doc;
  }

  if (typeof DOMParser != 'undefined') {
    return (new DOMParser()).parseFromString(str, 'text/xml');
  }

  return createElement('div', null);
}

google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);

#map-canvas,
body,
html {
  height: 100%;
  width: 100%;
}
#infotop {
  text-align: center;
  height: 50px;
  /*n usado*/
}
#infocontent {
  margin: 30px;
  text-align: justify;
  height: 84%;
}
.caixabranca {
    border:solid 1px #cccccc;
    background-color:#FFFFFF;
    font-size:11px;
    font-family:verdana,"sans-serif";
    color:#000;
    padding:5px;
    }

Google Maps API - ControlPosition with Infowindow

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