Basic marker customization

Advanced markers uses two classes to define markers: the AdvancedMarkerElement class provides default marker functionality, and PinElement contains options for further customization. This page shows you how to customize markers in the following ways:

  • Add title text
  • Scale the marker
  • Change the background color
  • Change the border color
  • Change the glyph color
  • Hide the glyph
A diagram showing the parts of an Advanced Marker.
Figure 1: The parts of an Advanced Marker.

Add title text

Title text appears when the cursor hovers over a marker. Title text is readable by screen readers. Use the AdvancedMarkerElement.title option to add title text to a marker:

TypeScript

// Default marker with title text (no PinElement).
const markerViewWithText = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
    map,
    position: { lat: 37.419, lng: -122.03 },
    title: 'Title text for the marker at lat: 37.419, lng: -122.03',
});
index.ts

JavaScript

// Default marker with title text (no PinElement).
const markerViewWithText = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
  map,
  position: { lat: 37.419, lng: -122.03 },
  title: "Title text for the marker at lat: 37.419, lng: -122.03",
});
index.js

Scale the marker

Use the PinElement.scale option to adjust the scale of a marker:

TypeScript

// Adjust the scale.
const pinScaled = new PinElement({
    scale: 1.5,
});
const markerViewScaled = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
    map,
    position: { lat: 37.419, lng: -122.02 },
    content: pinScaled.element,
});
index.ts

JavaScript

// Adjust the scale.
const pinScaled = new PinElement({
  scale: 1.5,
});
const markerViewScaled = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
  map,
  position: { lat: 37.419, lng: -122.02 },
  content: pinScaled.element,
});
index.js

Change the background color

Use the PinElement.background option to change the background color of a marker:

TypeScript

// Change the background color.
const pinBackground = new PinElement({
    background: '#FBBC04',
});
const markerViewBackground = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
    map,
    position: { lat: 37.419, lng: -122.01 },
    content: pinBackground.element,
});
index.ts

JavaScript

// Change the background color.
const pinBackground = new PinElement({
  background: "#FBBC04",
});
const markerViewBackground = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
  map,
  position: { lat: 37.419, lng: -122.01 },
  content: pinBackground.element,
});
index.js

Change the border color

Use the PinElement.borderColor option to change the border color of a marker:

TypeScript

// Change the border color.
const pinBorder = new PinElement({
    borderColor: '#137333',
});
const markerViewBorder = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
    map,
    position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.03 },
    content: pinBorder.element,
});
index.ts

JavaScript

// Change the border color.
const pinBorder = new PinElement({
  borderColor: "#137333",
});
const markerViewBorder = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
  map,
  position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.03 },
  content: pinBorder.element,
});
index.js

Change the glyph color

Use the PinElement.glyphColor option to change the glyph color of a marker:

TypeScript

// Change the glyph color.
const pinGlyph = new PinElement({
    glyphColor: 'white',
});
const markerViewGlyph = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
    map,
    position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.02 },
    content: pinGlyph.element,
});
index.ts

JavaScript

// Change the glyph color.
const pinGlyph = new PinElement({
  glyphColor: "white",
});
const markerViewGlyph = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
  map,
  position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.02 },
  content: pinGlyph.element,
});
index.js

Hide the glyph

Set the PinElement.glyph option to an empty string to hide a marker's glyph:

TypeScript

// Hide the glyph.
const pinNoGlyph = new PinElement({
    glyph: '',
});
const markerViewNoGlyph = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
    map,
    position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.01 },
    content: pinNoGlyph.element,
});
index.ts

JavaScript

// Hide the glyph.
const pinNoGlyph = new PinElement({
  glyph: "",
});
const markerViewNoGlyph = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
  map,
  position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.01 },
  content: pinNoGlyph.element,
});
index.js

Alternatively, set PinElement.glyphColor to the same value as PinElement.background. This has the effect of visually hiding the glyph.

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