OpenLayers.Control.MousePosition

The MousePosition control displays geographic coordinates of the mouse pointer, as it is moved about the map.

You can use the prefix- or suffix-properties to provide more information about the displayed coordinates to the user:

var mousePositionCtrl = new OpenLayers.Control.MousePosition({
    prefix: '<a target="_blank" ' +
        'href="http://spatialreference.org/ref/epsg/4326/">' +
        'EPSG:4326</a> coordinates: '
    }
);

Inherits from

OpenLayers.Control

Summary

OpenLayers.Control.MousePosition	The MousePosition control displays geographic coordinates of the mouse pointer, as it is moved about the map.
Properties
autoActivate	{Boolean} Activate the control when it is added to a map.
element	{DOMElement}
prefix	{String} A string to be prepended to the current pointers coordinates when it is rendered.
separator	{String} A string to be used to seperate the two coordinates from each other.
suffix	{String} A string to be appended to the current pointers coordinates when it is rendered.
numDigits	{Integer} The number of digits each coordinate shall have when being rendered, Defaults to 5.
granularity	{Integer}
emptyString	{String} Set this to some value to set when the mouse is outside the map.
lastXy	{OpenLayers.Pixel}
displayProjection	{OpenLayers.Projection} The projection in which the mouse position is displayed.
Constructor
OpenLayers.Control.MousePosition
Functions
destroy
activate
deactivate
draw	{DOMElement}
redraw
reset
formatOutput	Override to provide custom display output

Properties

autoActivate

{Boolean} Activate the control when it is added to a map. Default is true.

element

{DOMElement}

prefix

{String} A string to be prepended to the current pointers coordinates when it is rendered. Defaults to the empty string ‘’.

separator

{String} A string to be used to seperate the two coordinates from each other. Defaults to the string ‘, ‘, which will result in a rendered coordinate of e.g. ‘42.12, 21.22’.

suffix

{String} A string to be appended to the current pointers coordinates when it is rendered. Defaults to the empty string ‘’.

numDigits

{Integer} The number of digits each coordinate shall have when being rendered, Defaults to 5.

granularity

{Integer}

emptyString

{String} Set this to some value to set when the mouse is outside the map.

lastXy

{OpenLayers.Pixel}

displayProjection

{OpenLayers.Projection} The projection in which the mouse position is displayed.

Constructor

OpenLayers.Control.MousePosition

Parameters

options

{Object} Options for control.

Functions

destroy

destroy: function()

activate

activate: function()

deactivate

deactivate: function()

draw

draw: function()

{DOMElement}

redraw

redraw: function( evt )

reset

reset: function( evt )

formatOutput

formatOutput: function( lonLat )

Override to provide custom display output

Parameters

lonLat

{OpenLayers.LonLat} Location to display