There is a demo at http://www.bexley.gov.uk/xml/testlink6.htm
There is a 10 second wait between the map displaying and the trigger test. The click is on the bottom-left polygon. On Aug 3, 12:13 pm, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
