Nevermind! Wow - talk about a brainfart - lol! setCenter requires an argument, not to be set to a value! Changing it to map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location); works great. Can't believe I spent so long and didn't see this.
Thanks for your effort. Jenn On Jul 21, 12:33 pm, Jenn <[email protected]> wrote: > Here - I stuck it on an outside server so you can test it. > > http://www.forsalebytxt.com/dev/housetest.php > > If you put in another city/state (like "Royal Oak, MI") in the > location box then click off the box (click into the textarea - or > anything except clicking "submit query" right now) you'll see the > alert box showing the map center has not changed and you will see the > map itself with the same center on South Lyon, MI. > > Why do you not expect this to do what I am thinking it will? Is there > a different method for changing the center of a map once it has been > initiated/loaded? > > Thanks, > Jenn > > On Jul 21, 12:20 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On Jul 21, 9:04 am, Jenn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have a text input box that you can type in an address, city, state, > > > whatever. When you click off the box this function (changeLoc) is > > > called to recenter the map on this new location. Very simple. But the > > > "map.setCenter" doesn't work. The map reloads but stays at the old > > > center (you can see it both on the map and in the popup - getCenter > > > shows the old center still. Anyone see anything wrong? If it matters, > > > there are markers on the map that after I recenter I delete and redraw > > > - maybe I need to delete all markers before moving centers? > > > > ** Also, I notice people on these boards suggesting set_center. How is > > > set_center any different than setCenter? I can't find any > > > documentation on set_center but it doesn't throw an error. > > > The original name for the function was set_center in v3, it was > > changes to setCenter. > > > > function changeLoc() { > > > location_input = document.getElementById("location_input").value; > > > if (location_input != "") { > > > // Geocode new location > > > geocoder.geocode( { 'address': location_input}, > > > function(results, > > > status) { > > > if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) { > > > //alert("Setting center to: " + > > > results[0].geometry.location); > > > map.setCenter = > > > results[0].geometry.location; > > > alert("Wanted Center: " + > > > results[0].geometry.location + " - > > > Current Center: " + map.getCenter()); > > > //redrawMarkers(); > > > } else { > > > alert("Invalid location entered."); > > > } > > > }); > > > } > > > > } > > > > Sorry for the code - my dev site is behind a firewall and don't really > > > want to move it to a production machine until its more stable. > > > Can't test it then. > > But I would expect this to not do what you expect: > > map.setCenter = results[0].geometry.location; > > > -- Larry > > > > Thanks, > > > Jenn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
