Place Details Element

The Place Details Compact Element (Preview) and Place Details Element (Experimental) are HTML elements that render details for a place:

  • The PlaceDetailsCompactElement (Preview) is designed to consume minimal space and display a concise set of information about a place, including name, address, rating, etc. It may also include a single photo.
  • The full-size PlaceDetailsElement (Experimental) supports a broader range of content elements, including website, phone number, editorial summary, reviews, etc. It may also include multiple photos.

Place Details Compact Element (Preview)

The PlaceDetailsCompactElement renders details for a selected place using minimal space. This may be useful in an info window highlighting a place on a map, in a social media experience like sharing a location in a chat, as a suggestion for selecting your current location, or within a media article to reference the place on Google Maps.The PlaceDetailsCompactElement can display name, address, rating, type, price, accessibility icon, open status, and a single photo.

To add the element to a map, add a gmp-place-details-compact element to the gmp-map element on the HTML page, and use the orientation attribute to set its orientation.

In the following example, gmp-place-details-compact is nested within a gmp-map element, with orientation set to horizontal. An additional attribute, truncation-preferred, truncates certain content to fit on one line instead of wrapping. 

<gmp-map center="47.75972, -122.25094" zoom="19" map-id="DEMO_MAP_ID">
  <gmp-place-details-compact orientation = "horizontal" truncation-preferred slot="control-block-start-inline-center" >
    <gmp-place-details-place-request place = "ChIJC8HakaIRkFQRiOgkgdHmqkk"></gmp-place-details-place-request>
    <gmp-place-content-config>
        <gmp-place-media lightbox-preferred></gmp-place-media>
        <gmp-place-rating></gmp-place-rating>
        <gmp-place-type></gmp-place-type>\
        <gmp-place-price></gmp-place-price>
        <gmp-place-accessible-entrance-icon></gmp-place-accessible-entrance-icon>
        <gmp-place-open-now-status></gmp-place-open-now-status>
        <gmp-place-attribution light-scheme-color="gray" dark-scheme-color="white"></gmp-place-attribution>
    </gmp-place-content-config>
  </gmp-place-details-compact>
  <gmp-advanced-marker></gmp-advanced-marker>
</gmp-map>

The gmp-place-details-compact element contains a child element, gmp-place-details-place-request, to select the place. This can be a Place object, a place ID, or a Place's resource name in the format `places/{place_id}: 

<gmp-place-details-place-request place = "ChIJC8HakaIRkFQRiOgkgdHmqkk"></gmp-place-details-place-request>
index.html

You can control the specific place content displayed by the gmp-place-details-compact element using a nested gmp-place-content-config element to select and configure the place details. The gmp-place-content-config element itself contains a number of child content elements, and each selects a corresponding place detail to display: PlaceAddressElement selects the place's address, PlacePriceElement selects the place's price level, etc. The order of child elements is irrelevant, as the selected details are always rendered in a fixed predefined order.

Some of these elements can be further configured using content-specific attributes:

  • The gmp-place-media element is used to display a single photo, and includes a lightbox-preferred attribute that opens the photo in a lightbox when clicked. Lightbox is disabled by default.
  • The gmp-place-attribution element is used to display the source of the photo. The light-scheme-color and dark-scheme-color attributes are used to set the color of the attribution text in light and dark mode.
See the PlaceContentConfigElement reference documentation for more information about all supported content elements. 
<gmp-place-content-config>
    <gmp-place-media lightbox-preferred></gmp-place-media>
    <gmp-place-rating></gmp-place-rating>
    <gmp-place-type></gmp-place-type>
    <gmp-place-price></gmp-place-price>
    <gmp-place-accessible-entrance-icon></gmp-place-accessible-entrance-icon>
    <gmp-place-open-now-status></gmp-place-open-now-status>
    <gmp-place-attribution light-scheme-color="gray" dark-scheme-color="white"></gmp-place-attribution>
</gmp-place-content-config>
index.html

The gmp-place-details-compact element also supports a variety of custom CSS properties to configure the element's colors and fonts. See the reference documentation for PlaceDetailsCompactElement for more details. 

gmp-place-details-compact {
  /* Sets the color for text and icons on the surface */
  /* Adapts automatically to the user's system light/dark mode preference */
  --gmp-mat-color-on-surface: light-dark(black, white);
  /* Sets the background color of the surface */
  /* Adapts automatically to the user's system light/dark mode preference */
  --gmp-mat-color-surface: light-dark(white, black);

  /* Defines the primary font stack used within the component */
  --gmp-mat-font-family: Google Sans Text, sans-serif;
  /* Defines the style for medium body text (e.g., address, descriptions) */
  --gmp-mat-font-body-medium: normal 400 0.875em/1.25em var(--gmp-mat-font-family, 'Google Sans Text');

  width: 360px;
  margin-top: 100px;
  overflow-y: hidden;
}
style.css
 Example CSS Color Properties
Example CSS Color Properties

See the complete code example

JavaScript

// Use querySelector to select elements for interaction.
const map = document.querySelector('gmp-map');
//@ts-ignore
const marker = document.querySelector('gmp-advanced-marker');
async function initMap() {
    // Request needed libraries.
    const { Map } = await google.maps.importLibrary("maps");
    const { AdvancedMarkerElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary("marker");
    await google.maps.importLibrary("places");
    // Hide the map type control.
    map.innerMap.setOptions({ mapTypeControl: false });
    // Set marker collision behavior.
    marker.collisionBehavior = google.maps.CollisionBehavior.REQUIRED_AND_HIDES_OPTIONAL;
    // Add marker to place location.
    marker.position = { lat: 47.75972, lng: -122.25094 };
}
initMap();
index.js

CSS

/* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */
body {
  display: flex;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

gmp-map {
  height: 600px;
  pointer-events: none; 
}
gmp-place-details-compact {
  /* Sets the color for text and icons on the surface */
  /* Adapts automatically to the user's system light/dark mode preference */
  --gmp-mat-color-on-surface: light-dark(black, white);
  /* Sets the background color of the surface */
  /* Adapts automatically to the user's system light/dark mode preference */
  --gmp-mat-color-surface: light-dark(white, black);

  /* Defines the primary font stack used within the component */
  --gmp-mat-font-family: Google Sans Text, sans-serif;
  /* Defines the style for medium body text (e.g., address, descriptions) */
  --gmp-mat-font-body-medium: normal 400 0.875em/1.25em var(--gmp-mat-font-family, 'Google Sans Text');

  width: 360px;
  margin-top: 100px;
  overflow-y: hidden;
}

style.css

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Click on the map to view place details</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <gmp-map center="47.75972, -122.25094" zoom="19" map-id="DEMO_MAP_ID">
      <gmp-place-details-compact orientation = "horizontal" slot="control-block-start-inline-center">
        <gmp-place-details-place-request place = "ChIJC8HakaIRkFQRiOgkgdHmqkk"></gmp-place-details-place-request>
        <gmp-place-content-config>
            <gmp-place-media lightbox-preferred></gmp-place-media>
            <gmp-place-rating></gmp-place-rating>
            <gmp-place-type></gmp-place-type>
            <gmp-place-price></gmp-place-price>
            <gmp-place-accessible-entrance-icon></gmp-place-accessible-entrance-icon>
            <gmp-place-open-now-status></gmp-place-open-now-status>
            <gmp-place-attribution light-scheme-color="gray" dark-scheme-color="white"></gmp-place-attribution>
        </gmp-place-content-config>
      </gmp-place-details-compact>
      <gmp-advanced-marker></gmp-advanced-marker>
    </gmp-map>
    <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: "beta"});</script>
  </body>
</html>
index.html

Place Details Element (Experimental)

The full-size PlaceDetailsElement supports a broader range of content elements, including full opening hours, website, phone number, editorial summary, type-specific highlights, reviews, plus code, and feature lists.

The example in this section renders the Place Details element when the user clicks the map. To add Place Details to a map, add a gmp-place-details element to the HTML page. Set its size and position using the size and slot attributes, respectively. In the following example, it's nested within a gmp-map element with size set to x-large and slot set to control-inline-start-block-start. 

<gmp-map center="47.759737, -122.250632" zoom="16" map-id="DEMO_MAP_ID">
  <div class="widget-container" slot="control-inline-start-block-start">
    <gmp-place-details size="x-large"></gmp-place-details>
  </div>
  <gmp-advanced-marker></gmp-advanced-marker>
</gmp-map>
index.html

A querySelector is used to select each page element for interaction:

const map = document.querySelector('gmp-map');
const placeDetails = document.querySelector('gmp-place-details');
const marker = document.querySelector('gmp-advanced-marker');
index.js

The event handler in the following snippet renders the Place Details element based on the location of the user's map click: 

// Add an event listener to handle map clicks.
    map.innerMap.addListener('click', async (event) => {
        marker.position = null;
        event.stop();
        if (event.placeId) {
            // Fire when the user clicks a POI.
            await placeDetails.configureFromPlace({ id: event.placeId });
        }
        else {
            // Fire when the user clicks the map (not on a POI).
            await placeDetails.configureFromLocation(event.latLng);
        }
        // Get the offset center.
        let adjustedCenter = offsetLatLngRight(placeDetails.place.location, -0.005);
        // Show the marker at the selected place.
        marker.position = placeDetails.place.location;
        marker.style.display = 'block';
        map.innerMap.panTo(adjustedCenter);
    });
}
index.js

See the complete code example

JavaScript

// Use querySelector to select elements for interaction.
const map = document.querySelector('gmp-map');
const placeDetails = document.querySelector('gmp-place-details');
const marker = document.querySelector('gmp-advanced-marker');
let center = { lat: 47.759737, lng: -122.250632 };
async function initMap() {
    // Request needed libraries.
    const { Map } = await google.maps.importLibrary("maps");
    const { AdvancedMarkerElement, PinElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary("marker");
    const { Place } = await google.maps.importLibrary("places");
    // Hide the map type control.
    map.innerMap.setOptions({ mapTypeControl: false });
    // Set the default selection.
    const place = new Place({
        id: "ChIJC8HakaIRkFQRiOgkgdHmqkk",
        requestedLanguage: "en", // optional
    });
    await placeDetails.configureFromPlace(place);
    let adjustedCenter = offsetLatLngRight(placeDetails.place.location, -0.005);
    map.innerMap.panTo(adjustedCenter);
    map.innerMap.setZoom(16);
    marker.position = placeDetails.place.location;
    marker.style.display = 'block';
    marker.collisionBehavior = google.maps.CollisionBehavior.REQUIRED_AND_HIDES_OPTIONAL;
    // Add an event listener to handle map clicks.
    map.innerMap.addListener('click', async (event) => {
        marker.position = null;
        event.stop();
        if (event.placeId) {
            // Fire when the user clicks a POI.
            await placeDetails.configureFromPlace({ id: event.placeId });
        }
        else {
            // Fire when the user clicks the map (not on a POI).
            await placeDetails.configureFromLocation(event.latLng);
        }
        // Get the offset center.
        let adjustedCenter = offsetLatLngRight(placeDetails.place.location, -0.005);
        // Show the marker at the selected place.
        marker.position = placeDetails.place.location;
        marker.style.display = 'block';
        map.innerMap.panTo(adjustedCenter);
    });
}
// Helper function to offset the map center.
function offsetLatLngRight(latLng, longitudeOffset) {
    const newLng = latLng.lng() + longitudeOffset;
    return new google.maps.LatLng(latLng.lat(), newLng);
}
initMap();
index.js

CSS

/* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */
html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  display: block;
}

h1 {
  font-size: 16px;
  text-align: center;
}

gmp-map {
  height: 400px;
}

gmp-place-details {
  background-color: #fff;
  border-radius: 8px;
  margin: 20px;
  width: 400px;
  padding: 12px;
  margin-top: 10px;
  overflow-y: auto;
}

gmp-advanced-marker {
    display: none;
}

.widget-container {
  height: 400px;
  width: 457px; 
  overflow-y: auto;
  overflow-x: hidden;
}
style.css

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Click on the map to view place details</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <gmp-map center="47.759737, -122.250632" zoom="16" map-id="DEMO_MAP_ID">
      <div class="widget-container" slot="control-inline-start-block-start">
        <gmp-place-details size="x-large"></gmp-place-details>
      </div>
      <gmp-advanced-marker></gmp-advanced-marker>
    </gmp-map>
    <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: "alpha"});</script>
  </body>
</html>
index.html