L.Control

Control

The base class for all Leaflet controls. Implements IControl interface. You can add controls to the map like this:

control.addTo(map);
// the same as
map.addControl(control);

Creation

Factory	Description
`L.control( <Control options> options? )`	Creates a control with the given options.

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
`position`	`String`	`'topright'`	The initial position of the control (one of the map corners). See control positions.

Methods

Method	Returns	Description
`setPosition( <String> position )`	`this`	Sets the position of the control. See control positions.
`getPosition()`	`String`	Returns the current position of the control.
`addTo( <Map> map )`	`this`	Adds the control to the map.
`removeFrom( <Map> map )`	`this`	Removes the control from the map.
`getContainer()`	`HTMLElement`	Returns the HTML container of the control.

Control Positions

Control positions (map corner to put a control to) are set using strings. Margins between controls and the map border are set with CSS, so that you can easily override them.

Position	Description
`'topleft'`	Top left of the map.
`'topright'`	Top right of the map.
`'bottomleft'`	Bottom left of the map.
`'bottomright'`	Bottom right of the map.

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