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L.mapbox.infoControl(options)

Extends: L.Control

A map control that shows a toggleable info container. This is triggered by default and attribution is auto-detected from active layers and added to the info container.

Options Value Description
options optional object An options object. Beyond the default options for map controls, this object has a two additional parameters:
  • sanitizer: A function that accepts a string, and returns a sanitized result for HTML display. The default will remove dangerous script content, and is recommended.

Example:

var map = L.mapbox.map('map').setView([38, -77], 5);
map.addControl(L.mapbox.infoControl());

Returns: a L.mapbox.infoControl object.

infoControl.addInfo(info)

Adds an info string to infoControl.

Options Value Description
info required string A string which may contain HTML. It will be sanitized by the infoControl's sanitizer option.

infoControl.removeInfo(info)

Removes an info string from infoControl.

Options Value Description
info required string Info to remove.
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