Respond to click events on a boundary.

  • This example demonstrates handling click and mousemove events on administrative area boundaries (counties) near Denver, CO.

  • When a county is clicked, it is highlighted and an info window displays its details (display name, place ID, feature type).

  • Hovering over a county with the mouse changes its border style for visual feedback.

  • The map uses Data Driven Styling to display the boundaries and allows interaction through event listeners.

  • The code is provided in both TypeScript and JavaScript, with options to try the sample in JSFiddle, Google Cloud Shell or locally after cloning the repository.

This example map shows the boundaries for counties near Denver, CO (Administrative Area Level 2), and has an event handler that styles the clicked polygon and displays an info window with the event data.

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TypeScript

 let 
  
 innerMap 
 ; 
 let 
  
 featureLayer 
 ; 
 let 
  
 infoWindow 
 ; 
 let 
  
 lastInteractedFeatureIds 
  
 = 
  
 []; 
 let 
  
 lastClickedFeatureIds 
  
 = 
  
 []; 
 function 
  
 handleClick 
 ( 
 /* MouseEvent */ 
  
 e 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 lastClickedFeatureIds 
  
 = 
  
 e 
 . 
 features 
 . 
 map 
 (( 
 f 
 ) 
  
 = 
>  
 f 
 . 
 placeId 
 ); 
  
 lastInteractedFeatureIds 
  
 = 
  
 []; 
  
 featureLayer 
 . 
 style 
  
 = 
  
 applyStyle 
 ; 
  
 createInfoWindow 
 ( 
 e 
 ); 
 } 
 function 
  
 handleMouseMove 
 ( 
 /* MouseEvent */ 
  
 e 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 lastInteractedFeatureIds 
  
 = 
  
 e 
 . 
 features 
 . 
 map 
 (( 
 f 
 ) 
  
 = 
>  
 f 
 . 
 placeId 
 ); 
  
 featureLayer 
 . 
 style 
  
 = 
  
 applyStyle 
 ; 
 } 
 async 
  
 function 
  
 initMap 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 // Request needed libraries. 
  
 const 
  
 { 
  
 Map 
 , 
  
 InfoWindow 
  
 } 
  
 = 
  
 ( 
 await 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 importLibrary 
 ( 
  
 'maps' 
  
 )) 
  
 as 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 MapsLibrary 
 ; 
  
 // Get the gmp-map element. 
  
 const 
  
 mapElement 
  
 = 
  
 document 
 . 
 querySelector 
 ( 
  
 'gmp-map' 
  
 ) 
  
 as 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 MapElement 
 ; 
  
 // Get the inner map. 
  
 innerMap 
  
 = 
  
 mapElement 
 . 
 innerMap 
 ; 
  
 // Set map options. 
  
 innerMap 
 . 
 setOptions 
 ({ 
  
 mapTypeControl 
 : 
  
 false 
 , 
  
 }); 
  
 // Add the feature layer. 
  
 featureLayer 
  
 = 
  
 innerMap 
 . 
 getFeatureLayer 
 ( 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 FeatureType 
 . 
 ADMINISTRATIVE_AREA_LEVEL_2 
  
 ); 
  
 // Add the event listeners for the feature layer. 
  
 featureLayer 
 . 
 addListener 
 ( 
 'click' 
 , 
  
 handleClick 
 ); 
  
 featureLayer 
 . 
 addListener 
 ( 
 'mousemove' 
 , 
  
 handleMouseMove 
 ); 
  
 // Map event listener. 
  
 innerMap 
 . 
 addListener 
 ( 
 'mousemove' 
 , 
  
 () 
  
 = 
>  
 { 
  
 // If the map gets a mousemove, that means there are no feature layers 
  
 // with listeners registered under the mouse, so we clear the last 
  
 // interacted feature ids. 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 lastInteractedFeatureIds 
 ? 
 . 
 length 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 lastInteractedFeatureIds 
  
 = 
  
 []; 
  
 featureLayer 
 . 
 style 
  
 = 
  
 applyStyle 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 }); 
  
 // Create the infowindow. 
  
 infoWindow 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 InfoWindow 
 ({}); 
  
 // Apply style on load, to enable clicking. 
  
 featureLayer 
 . 
 style 
  
 = 
  
 applyStyle 
 ; 
 } 
 // Helper function for the infowindow. 
 async 
  
 function 
  
 createInfoWindow 
 ( 
 event 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 let 
  
 feature 
  
 = 
  
 event 
 . 
 features 
 [ 
 0 
 ]; 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 ! 
 feature 
 . 
 placeId 
 ) 
  
 return 
 ; 
  
 // Update the info window. 
  
 // Get the place instance from the selected feature. 
  
 const 
  
 place 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
 feature 
 . 
 fetchPlace 
 (); 
  
 // Create a new div to hold the text content. 
  
 let 
  
 content 
  
 = 
  
 document 
 . 
 createElement 
 ( 
 'div' 
 ); 
  
 // Get the text values. 
  
 let 
  
 nameText 
  
 = 
  
 document 
 . 
 createElement 
 ( 
 'span' 
 ); 
  
 nameText 
 . 
 textContent 
  
 = 
  
 `Display name: 
 ${ 
 place 
 . 
 displayName 
 } 
 ` 
 ; 
  
 let 
  
 placeIdText 
  
 = 
  
 document 
 . 
 createElement 
 ( 
 'span' 
 ); 
  
 placeIdText 
 . 
 textContent 
  
 = 
  
 `Place ID: 
 ${ 
 feature 
 . 
 placeId 
 } 
 ` 
 ; 
  
 let 
  
 featureTypeText 
  
 = 
  
 document 
 . 
 createElement 
 ( 
 'span' 
 ); 
  
 featureTypeText 
 . 
 textContent 
  
 = 
  
 `Feature type: 
 ${ 
 feature 
 . 
 featureType 
 } 
 ` 
 ; 
  
 // Append the text to the div. 
  
 content 
 . 
 appendChild 
 ( 
 nameText 
 ); 
  
 content 
 . 
 appendChild 
 ( 
 document 
 . 
 createElement 
 ( 
 'br' 
 )); 
  
 content 
 . 
 appendChild 
 ( 
 placeIdText 
 ); 
  
 content 
 . 
 appendChild 
 ( 
 document 
 . 
 createElement 
 ( 
 'br' 
 )); 
  
 content 
 . 
 appendChild 
 ( 
 featureTypeText 
 ); 
  
 updateInfoWindow 
 ( 
 content 
 , 
  
 event 
 . 
 latLng 
 ); 
 } 
 // Define styles. 
 // Stroke and fill with minimum opacity value. 
 const 
  
 styleDefault 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 strokeColor 
 : 
  
 '#810FCB' 
 , 
  
 strokeOpacity 
 : 
  
 1.0 
 , 
  
 strokeWeight 
 : 
  
 2.0 
 , 
  
 fillColor 
 : 
  
 'white' 
 , 
  
 fillOpacity 
 : 
  
 0.1 
 , 
  
 // Polygons must be visible to receive events. 
 }; 
 // Style for the clicked polygon. 
 const 
  
 styleClicked 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 ... 
 styleDefault 
 , 
  
 fillColor 
 : 
  
 '#810FCB' 
 , 
  
 fillOpacity 
 : 
  
 0.5 
 , 
 }; 
 // Style for polygon on mouse move. 
 const 
  
 styleMouseMove 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 ... 
 styleDefault 
 , 
  
 strokeWeight 
 : 
  
 4.0 
 , 
 }; 
 // Apply styles using a feature style function. 
 function 
  
 applyStyle 
 ( 
 /* FeatureStyleFunctionOptions */ 
  
 params 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 placeId 
  
 = 
  
 params 
 . 
 feature 
 . 
 placeId 
 ; 
  
 //@ts-ignore 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 lastClickedFeatureIds 
 . 
 includes 
 ( 
 placeId 
 )) 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 styleClicked 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 //@ts-ignore 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 lastInteractedFeatureIds 
 . 
 includes 
 ( 
 placeId 
 )) 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 styleMouseMove 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 return 
  
 styleDefault 
 ; 
 } 
 // Helper function to create an info window. 
 function 
  
 updateInfoWindow 
 ( 
 content 
 , 
  
 center 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 infoWindow 
 . 
 setContent 
 ( 
 content 
 ); 
  
 infoWindow 
 . 
 setPosition 
 ( 
 center 
 ); 
  
 infoWindow 
 . 
 open 
 ({ 
  
 map 
 : 
  
 innerMap 
 , 
  
 shouldFocus 
 : 
  
 false 
 , 
  
 }); 
 } 
 initMap 
 (); 
  

JavaScript

 let 
  
 innerMap 
 ; 
 let 
  
 featureLayer 
 ; 
 let 
  
 infoWindow 
 ; 
 let 
  
 lastInteractedFeatureIds 
  
 = 
  
 []; 
 let 
  
 lastClickedFeatureIds 
  
 = 
  
 []; 
 function 
  
 handleClick 
 ( 
 /* MouseEvent */ 
  
 e 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 lastClickedFeatureIds 
  
 = 
  
 e 
 . 
 features 
 . 
 map 
 (( 
 f 
 ) 
  
 = 
>  
 f 
 . 
 placeId 
 ); 
  
 lastInteractedFeatureIds 
  
 = 
  
 []; 
  
 featureLayer 
 . 
 style 
  
 = 
  
 applyStyle 
 ; 
  
 createInfoWindow 
 ( 
 e 
 ); 
 } 
 function 
  
 handleMouseMove 
 ( 
 /* MouseEvent */ 
  
 e 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 lastInteractedFeatureIds 
  
 = 
  
 e 
 . 
 features 
 . 
 map 
 (( 
 f 
 ) 
  
 = 
>  
 f 
 . 
 placeId 
 ); 
  
 featureLayer 
 . 
 style 
  
 = 
  
 applyStyle 
 ; 
 } 
 async 
  
 function 
  
 initMap 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 // Request needed libraries. 
  
 const 
  
 { 
  
 Map 
 , 
  
 InfoWindow 
  
 } 
  
 = 
  
 ( 
 await 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 importLibrary 
 ( 
 'maps' 
 )); 
  
 // Get the gmp-map element. 
  
 const 
  
 mapElement 
  
 = 
  
 document 
 . 
 querySelector 
 ( 
 'gmp-map' 
 ); 
  
 // Get the inner map. 
  
 innerMap 
  
 = 
  
 mapElement 
 . 
 innerMap 
 ; 
  
 // Set map options. 
  
 innerMap 
 . 
 setOptions 
 ({ 
  
 mapTypeControl 
 : 
  
 false 
 , 
  
 }); 
  
 // Add the feature layer. 
  
 featureLayer 
  
 = 
  
 innerMap 
 . 
 getFeatureLayer 
 ( 
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 FeatureType 
 . 
 ADMINISTRATIVE_AREA_LEVEL_2 
 ); 
  
 // Add the event listeners for the feature layer. 
  
 featureLayer 
 . 
 addListener 
 ( 
 'click' 
 , 
  
 handleClick 
 ); 
  
 featureLayer 
 . 
 addListener 
 ( 
 'mousemove' 
 , 
  
 handleMouseMove 
 ); 
  
 // Map event listener. 
  
 innerMap 
 . 
 addListener 
 ( 
 'mousemove' 
 , 
  
 () 
  
 = 
>  
 { 
  
 // If the map gets a mousemove, that means there are no feature layers 
  
 // with listeners registered under the mouse, so we clear the last 
  
 // interacted feature ids. 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 lastInteractedFeatureIds 
 ? 
 . 
 length 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 lastInteractedFeatureIds 
  
 = 
  
 []; 
  
 featureLayer 
 . 
 style 
  
 = 
  
 applyStyle 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 }); 
  
 // Create the infowindow. 
  
 infoWindow 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 InfoWindow 
 ({}); 
  
 // Apply style on load, to enable clicking. 
  
 featureLayer 
 . 
 style 
  
 = 
  
 applyStyle 
 ; 
 } 
 // Helper function for the infowindow. 
 async 
  
 function 
  
 createInfoWindow 
 ( 
 event 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 let 
  
 feature 
  
 = 
  
 event 
 . 
 features 
 [ 
 0 
 ]; 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 ! 
 feature 
 . 
 placeId 
 ) 
  
 return 
 ; 
  
 // Update the info window. 
  
 // Get the place instance from the selected feature. 
  
 const 
  
 place 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
 feature 
 . 
 fetchPlace 
 (); 
  
 // Create a new div to hold the text content. 
  
 let 
  
 content 
  
 = 
  
 document 
 . 
 createElement 
 ( 
 'div' 
 ); 
  
 // Get the text values. 
  
 let 
  
 nameText 
  
 = 
  
 document 
 . 
 createElement 
 ( 
 'span' 
 ); 
  
 nameText 
 . 
 textContent 
  
 = 
  
 `Display name: 
 ${ 
 place 
 . 
 displayName 
 } 
 ` 
 ; 
  
 let 
  
 placeIdText 
  
 = 
  
 document 
 . 
 createElement 
 ( 
 'span' 
 ); 
  
 placeIdText 
 . 
 textContent 
  
 = 
  
 `Place ID: 
 ${ 
 feature 
 . 
 placeId 
 } 
 ` 
 ; 
  
 let 
  
 featureTypeText 
  
 = 
  
 document 
 . 
 createElement 
 ( 
 'span' 
 ); 
  
 featureTypeText 
 . 
 textContent 
  
 = 
  
 `Feature type: 
 ${ 
 feature 
 . 
 featureType 
 } 
 ` 
 ; 
  
 // Append the text to the div. 
  
 content 
 . 
 appendChild 
 ( 
 nameText 
 ); 
  
 content 
 . 
 appendChild 
 ( 
 document 
 . 
 createElement 
 ( 
 'br' 
 )); 
  
 content 
 . 
 appendChild 
 ( 
 placeIdText 
 ); 
  
 content 
 . 
 appendChild 
 ( 
 document 
 . 
 createElement 
 ( 
 'br' 
 )); 
  
 content 
 . 
 appendChild 
 ( 
 featureTypeText 
 ); 
  
 updateInfoWindow 
 ( 
 content 
 , 
  
 event 
 . 
 latLng 
 ); 
 } 
 // Define styles. 
 // Stroke and fill with minimum opacity value. 
 const 
  
 styleDefault 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 strokeColor 
 : 
  
 '#810FCB' 
 , 
  
 strokeOpacity 
 : 
  
 1.0 
 , 
  
 strokeWeight 
 : 
  
 2.0 
 , 
  
 fillColor 
 : 
  
 'white' 
 , 
  
 fillOpacity 
 : 
  
 0.1 
 , 
  
 // Polygons must be visible to receive events. 
 }; 
 // Style for the clicked polygon. 
 const 
  
 styleClicked 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 ... 
 styleDefault 
 , 
  
 fillColor 
 : 
  
 '#810FCB' 
 , 
  
 fillOpacity 
 : 
  
 0.5 
 , 
 }; 
 // Style for polygon on mouse move. 
 const 
  
 styleMouseMove 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 ... 
 styleDefault 
 , 
  
 strokeWeight 
 : 
  
 4.0 
 , 
 }; 
 // Apply styles using a feature style function. 
 function 
  
 applyStyle 
 ( 
 /* FeatureStyleFunctionOptions */ 
  
 params 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 placeId 
  
 = 
  
 params 
 . 
 feature 
 . 
 placeId 
 ; 
  
 //@ts-ignore 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 lastClickedFeatureIds 
 . 
 includes 
 ( 
 placeId 
 )) 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 styleClicked 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 //@ts-ignore 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 lastInteractedFeatureIds 
 . 
 includes 
 ( 
 placeId 
 )) 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 styleMouseMove 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 return 
  
 styleDefault 
 ; 
 } 
 // Helper function to create an info window. 
 function 
  
 updateInfoWindow 
 ( 
 content 
 , 
  
 center 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 infoWindow 
 . 
 setContent 
 ( 
 content 
 ); 
  
 infoWindow 
 . 
 setPosition 
 ( 
 center 
 ); 
  
 infoWindow 
 . 
 open 
 ({ 
  
 map 
 : 
  
 innerMap 
 , 
  
 shouldFocus 
 : 
  
 false 
 , 
  
 }); 
 } 
 initMap 
 (); 
  

CSS

 /* 
 * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element 
 * that contains the map. 
 */ 
 gmp-map 
  
 { 
  
 height 
 : 
  
 100 
 % 
 ; 
 } 
 /* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */ 
 html 
 , 
 body 
  
 { 
  
 height 
 : 
  
 100 
 % 
 ; 
  
 margin 
 : 
  
 0 
 ; 
  
 padding 
 : 
  
 0 
 ; 
 } 
  

HTML

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Handle Region Boundary Click Event</title>

        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
        <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
        <!-- 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: "weekly"});</script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <gmp-map
            center="39.23,-105.73"
            zoom="8"
            map-id="8b37d7206ccf0121a2634fd5"></gmp-map>
    </body>
</html>  

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  git 
  
 clone 
  
 https 
 : 
 //github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.git 
 
  
  cd 
  
 samples 
 / 
 boundaries 
 - 
 click 
 
  
  npm 
  
 i 
 
  
  npm 
  
 start 
 
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