> I guess in my naive logic, if I use the mouse to click on the kml > layer (at the specific location I require) it knows which polygon is > underneath the click
Yup, you are correct there, the API can work out which poly from the mouse position. The 'missing link' is that you (your own code) have no means to find out which poly is at some arbritary position, the KmlLayer mechanism doesn't share that info. I don't know if simulating a mouse click to a KmlLayer object (rather than a specific poly) will give the same effect as clicking on the screen, I suspect not but maybe someone who understands the layer mechanism better will comment. To successfully simulate such a click you'd have to make your event trigger supply the same sort of parameters as a real click - x/y pixels perhaps? > being able to trigger a click on > a kml layer seems to have no useable function. Entirely possible ; the trigger method allows you to trigger arbritary events on any object you like. Only some objects listen for events,and then only for specific events. var x = 2; google.maps.event.trigger( x, 'explosion', parameter); is perfectly valid, but nothing happens, numbers don't respond to events unless you have set up a listener. Still waiting for your demo of simulated click on a KmlLayer to see what actually happens... -- 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.
