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Created February 11, 2015 20:55
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Enable Google map zooming on click only (disable scrolling)
// Disable scroll zooming and bind back the click event
var onMapMouseleaveHandler = function (event) {
var that = $(this);
that.on('click', onMapClickHandler);
that.off('mouseleave', onMapMouseleaveHandler);
that.find('iframe').css("pointer-events", "none");
// pointer-events needs to be added as a style on the iframe
}
var onMapClickHandler = function (event) {
var that = $(this);
// Disable the click handler until the user leaves the map area
that.off('click', onMapClickHandler);
// Enable scrolling zoom
that.find('iframe').css("pointer-events", "auto");
// Handle the mouse leave event
that.on('mouseleave', onMapMouseleaveHandler);
}
// Enable map zooming with mouse scroll when the user clicks the map referencing map container
$('.google-maps').on('click', onMapClickHandler);
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