Drag 'n Drop marker
thePanz - March 31, 2008 - 12:26
| Project: | GMap Module |
| Version: | 6.x-1.1-rc1 |
| Component: | User interface |
| Category: | feature request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | bdragon |
| Status: | postponed (maintainer needs more info) |
Description
Hi, is there a way to have a Drag 'n Drop functionality while positioning a Marker? I'm using Location.module, map_location.module and gMap.module to let users locate their contents:
- initially they choose Region/City (I added some ActiveSelect AJAX loading for them)
- then click "Locate this on the Map"
- then they have only to move the marker to the right position.
Is this a planned feature? Let me know!
Regards
#1
/subscribing
I'd love to see this as well. I'm developing a citizen participation website and usertests just showed that the bulk of people instinctively want to drag and drop the marker after its first positioning on the map.
#2
subiscribing
#3
How's this? (Committed to DRUPAL-5, copy of changed file attached)
Are there any other changes that you can think of to improve usability?
#4
Just tested your new code.
It works great for points you manually add to the map by clicking on it directly.
But just like the original poster of this issue, I use the map_location module which allows me to enter an address, press a button and have a marker appear on my map (on the right spot of course).
What isn't possible for some reason is dragging a marker that was placed on the map in this fashion.
I can however (funnily enough) click once next to the marker (so it relocates) and from then on it *is* draggable as well.
Any idea on how you could make markers that are placed on the map via map_location draggable from the start ?
Would be great if this was possible.
One minor usability issue that came up in our tests was the fact that people found the autozoom feature a bit disorienting. Probably because we already start on a pretty high zoom value. Hence we deleted the two zoomIn calls you have at line 30 and 31. But I could figure that other people do find this a helpful feature (especially when you start from higher up).
Cheers for the work so far!
Wouter
#5
I'm new to Drupal and haven't made my site yes but have made a lot of Google Maps API sites and would like if this has been solved, please?
#6
I'm also very keen to see the functionality described by Wouter above.
I have a site where each node has a map block driven by a postal code via Gmap Location. What I'm seeing in practice is that many of the markers are inaccurately positioned (is this a weakness in Google's API?) and the users want to move them to the correct position on the map.
I was wondering whether this is a configurable option via a Gmap macro behavior, but I can't locate a complete definition of what's possible using the macro feature.
I would be happy to consider a financial contribution to support any required development time on this.