disable click for results

[sarris]

Hi there, i am using the LocalSearch control.
I would like to be able to disallow the users to click on the results
on the map under certain circumstances. Is there a way to implement
this? Is there a way to remove the clicking event from the markers?

[Ioustinos Sarris]

http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API/browse_thread/thread/cd697cb6ef82e53d/63208debb97727ea?lnk=gst&q=ioustinos#63208debb97727ea

[Jeremy Geerdes]

Unfortunately, I don't know that there is an easy way to do this with
the google.maps.LocalSearch control. You could, however, add an
onGenerateMarkerHtml callback that would set a timeout of, say, 100
milliseconds to call map.closeInfoWindow(). Something like this would
close the infowindow almost immediately after it was opened:

lsc.onGenerateMarkerHtmlCallback=function(){setTimeout({function()
{map.closeInfoWindow();},100);}; // where lsc is the LocalSearch
control, and map is the map it's on.

Then, to re-allow the infowindow, you would call
lsc.onGenerateMarkerHtmlCallback=null;

You might also be able to override LocalSearch.prototype.bootComplete
before you initialize the control so that, instead of using
GEvent.bind to assign the click listener, it calls an enable routine
that would look something like this:

google.maps.LocalSearch.prototype.enableMarkerClick=function(){
var lsc=this;
lsc
.clickListener
=GEvent.addListener(lsc.gmap,'click',function(marker,point)
{lsc.onMapClick(marker,point);});
}

Then you could add a disable routine like this:

google.maps.LocalSearch.prototype.disableMarkerClick=function(){
var lsc=this;
if(lsc.clickListener){GEvent.removeListener(lsc.clickListener);}
lsc.clickListener=null;
}

Beware, I haven't tested any of this, so it might not work at all.
Just brainstorming.

Jeremy R. Geerdes
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Des Moines, IA

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[sarris]

thanks, gave me some nice ideas there!

> jgeer...@mchsi.com

>
> Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this  
> communication are given in US dollars.
>
> If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights  
> Wesleyan Church!
>

> And check out my blog, Adventures in Web Development, athttp://jgeerdes.blogspot.com