Google places autocomplete, how to clean up pac-container?

Question

I\'m using the google places autocomplete control, and it creates an element for the drop down with a class pac-container.

I\'m using the autocomplete in a

Answer 1

My implementation of code from above without jquery.

var autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(element, options);

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export function getAutocompletePacContainer(autocomplete) {
 const place: Object = autocomplete.gm_accessors_.place;

 const placeKey = Object.keys(place).find((value) => (
    (typeof(place[value]) === 'object') && (place[value].hasOwnProperty('gm_accessors_'))
 ));

 const input = place[placeKey].gm_accessors_.input[placeKey];

 const inputKey = Object.keys(input).find((value) => (
   (input[value].classList && input[value].classList.contains('pac-container'))
 ));

 return input[inputKey];
}

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getAutocompletePacContainer(autocomplete).remove()