Respond to click events on a boundary.

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.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

let map: google.maps.Map;
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;

  map = new Map(document.getElementById('map') as HTMLElement, {
    center: {lat: 39.23, lng: -105.73},
    zoom: 8,
    // In the cloud console, configure your Map ID with a style that enables the
    // 'Administrative Area Level 2' Data Driven Styling type.
    mapId: 'a3efe1c035bad51b', // Substitute your own map ID.
    mapTypeControl: false,
  });

  // Add the feature layer.
  //@ts-ignore
  featureLayer = map.getFeatureLayer('ADMINISTRATIVE_AREA_LEVEL_2');

  // Add the event listeners for the feature layer.
  featureLayer.addListener('click', handleClick);
  featureLayer.addListener('mousemove', handleMouseMove);

  // Map event listener.
  map.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 infowindow.
  const place = await feature.fetchPlace();
  let content =
      '<span style="font-size:small">Display name: ' + place.displayName +
      '<br/> Place ID: ' + feature.placeId +
      '<br/> Feature type: ' + feature.featureType + '</span>';

  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,
    shouldFocus: false,
  });
}

initMap();
index.ts

Note: Read the guide on using TypeScript and Google Maps.

JavaScript

let map;
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");

  map = new Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
    center: { lat: 39.23, lng: -105.73 },
    zoom: 8,
    // In the cloud console, configure your Map ID with a style that enables the
    // 'Administrative Area Level 2' Data Driven Styling type.
    mapId: "a3efe1c035bad51b", // Substitute your own map ID.
    mapTypeControl: false,
  });
  // Add the feature layer.
  //@ts-ignore
  featureLayer = map.getFeatureLayer("ADMINISTRATIVE_AREA_LEVEL_2");
  // Add the event listeners for the feature layer.
  featureLayer.addListener("click", handleClick);
  featureLayer.addListener("mousemove", handleMouseMove);
  // Map event listener.
  map.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 infowindow.
  const place = await feature.fetchPlace();
  let content =
    '<span style="font-size:small">Display name: ' +
    place.displayName +
    "<br/> Place ID: " +
    feature.placeId +
    "<br/> Feature type: " +
    feature.featureType +
    "</span>";

  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,
    shouldFocus: false,
  });
}

initMap();
index.js

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;
}
style.css

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>
  </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: "AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg", v: "weekly"});</script>
  </body>
</html>
index.html

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

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  git checkout sample-SAMPLE_NAME
  npm i
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