On Jan 30, 2:32 pm, Phil Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I am just lost. I really am not grasping any of this yet. The examples he > linked to are sooo close to what I need. > The examples show origin and destination as pre-sets from drop-down fields. I > need a text input for origin, and > users don't need option for destination, as I would like to have that pre-set.
The question you are asking then is: How do I change a drop down to a general text entry field? That, as I said before is a general html question. A drop down menu is a <select> tag: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_select.asp You want a general text input field (the <input> tag): http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_input.asp of type "text". -- Larry > > On Jan 30, 2011, at 5:30 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > On Jan 30, 2:11 pm, Phil Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I saw this, but I only see examples with directions for pre-set origins. I > >> need my users to be able to type in their > >> starting address as a string. Any ideas? > > > Add a text input element. Use that as the starting address. > > > Mike Williams has some examples for v2 that may help you (that > > wouldn't really be an API question, more a DHTML/Javascript question): > >http://econym.org.uk/gmap/directions.htm > > (may be a little more complicated than you need) > > > A little hunting around in the documentation yields this: > >http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/di... > > which uses a select box (change it to an empty text input element). > > > But I see that example in the list Paulo posted. Is that where you > > are running into trouble? > > > -- Larry > > >> Thanks, > >> Phil > > >> On Jan 30, 2011, at 5:01 PM, Paulo Fernandes wrote: > > >>> I believe that will help you > > >>>http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/exa... > > >>> Paulo Fernandes > >>>http://www.google.com/profiles/paulofernandesjr > >>>http://twitter.com/paulofernandesj > >>> +55 11 9797-5974 > > >>> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 7:54 PM, itsPhil <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hi all, I'm totally new to using any type of API. I'm a self-taught web > >>> designer (stressing designer over developer). > > >>> I'm working on a site and am attempting to use the maps API to give > >>> directions. > > >>> All I need is a text field where users can type their starting origin. > >>> The directions are to a bar mitzvah, so the destination will be pre-set. > > >>> Problem is I have no idea how to do this. I have at least gotten as far > >>> as making the page, adding the scripts, and calling the map using some > >>> demo code I found. > > >>> The map is here:http://www.skyz100.com/directions.html. > > >>> Thanks in advance to anyone willing and able to help me out! > > >>> -- > >>> 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 > >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. > > >>> -- > >>> 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 > >>> athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.-Hide quoted > >>> text - > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.- Hide quoted > > text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
