Google Maps: Auto close open InfoWindows?

Question

On my site, I\'m using Google Maps API v3 to place house markers on the map.

The InfoWindows stay open unless you explicitly click the close icon. Meaning, you can h

Answer 1

var map;
var infowindow;
...
function createMarker(...) {
    var marker = new google.maps.Marker({...});
    google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
        ...
        if (infowindow) {
            infowindow.close();
        };
        infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
            content: contentString,
            maxWidth: 300
        });
        infowindow.open(map, marker);
    }
...
function initialize() {
    ...
    map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);
    ...
    google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', function(event) {
        if (infowindow) {
            infowindow.close();
        };
        ...
    }
}

Answer 2

From this link http://www.svennerberg.com/2009/09/google-maps-api-3-infowindows/:

Teo: The easiest way to do this is to just have one instance of the InfoWindow object that you reuse over and over again. That way when you click a new marker the infoWindow is “moved” from where it’s currently at, to point at the new marker.

Use its setContent method to load it with the correct content.

Answer 3

alternative solution for this with using many infowindows: save prev opened infowindow in a variable and then close it when new window opened

var prev_infowindow =false; 
...
base.attachInfo = function(marker, i){
    var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
        content: 'yourmarkerinfocontent'
    });

    google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function(){
        if( prev_infowindow ) {
           prev_infowindow.close();
        }

        prev_infowindow = infowindow;
        infowindow.open(base.map, marker);
    });
}

Answer 4

How about -

google.maps.event.addListener(yourMarker, 'mouseover', function () {
        yourInfoWindow.open(yourMap, yourMarker);

    });

google.maps.event.addListener(yourMarker, 'mouseout', function () {
        yourInfoWindow.open(yourMap, yourMarker);

    });

Then you can just hover over it and it will close itself.

Answer 5

My solution.

var map;
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
...
function createMarker(...) {
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
     ...,
     descrip: infowindowHtmlContent  
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', function() {
    infowindow.setOptions({
        content: this.descrip,
        maxWidth:300
    });
    infowindow.open(map, marker);
});

Answer 6

Declare a variable for active window

var activeInfoWindow; 

and bind this code in marker listener

 marker.addListener('click', function () {
    if (activeInfoWindow) { activeInfoWindow.close();}
    infowindow.open(map, marker);
    activeInfoWindow = infowindow;
});