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JavaScript

Tom Checkley
Tom Checkley
25,181 Points
Posted by Tom Checkley
Tom Checkley
25,181 Points

google map not rendering properly unless screen is resized

I have a google map that comes up in a pop up box, it's not rendering properly unless the screen is resized. I've looked at the stack overflow replies and none seem to work or make much sense! The site I'm making has various break points and isn't user scalable so i need a way to make it load properly without resizing the screen. This is what i have so far-

function initialize() {
    var map_canvas = document.getElementById('map_canvas');
    var myLatLong = new google.maps.LatLng(51.461112, -2.602336);
    var map_options = {
      center: myLatLong,
      center: myLatLong,
      zoom: 17,
      mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
     }
    map = new google.maps.Map(map_canvas, map_options)
    var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
        position: myLatLong,
        map: map,
        title: 'Stephen Sheppard'
     });
}

google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);

I found this on stack overflow annd have tried to use it but its doesn't seem to work either

//open location map resize
    $('.location').on('click',function(){
        google.maps.event.trigger(map, 'resize');
        google.maps.event.trigger($('#location'), 'resize');
        console.log('resize should happen')
    });