useControl

The useControl hook is used to create React wrappers for custom map controls.

import MapboxDraw from '@mapbox/mapbox-gl-draw';
import Map, {useControl} from 'react-map-gl';

function DrawControl(props: DrawControlProps) {
  useControl(() => new MapboxDraw(props), {
    position: props.position
  });

  return null;
}

function App() {
  return (
    <Map
      initialViewState={{
        longitude: -122.4,
        latitude: 37.8,
        zoom: 14
      }}
      mapStyle="mapbox://styles/mapbox/satellite-v9"
    >
      <DrawControl
        position="top-left"
        displayControlsDefault={false}
        controls={{
          polygon: true,
          trash: true
        }}
      />
    </Map>
  );
}

See a full example here.

Signature

useControl<T extends IControl>(
  onCreate: ({map: MapRef, mapLib: mapboxgl}) => IControl,
  options?: {
    position?: ControlPosition;
  }
): T

useControl<T extends IControl>(
  onCreate: ({map: MapRef, mapLib: mapboxgl}) => IControl,
  onRemove: ({map: MapRef, mapLib: mapboxgl}) => void,
  options?: {
    position?: ControlPosition;
  }
): T

useControl<T extends IControl>(
  onCreate: ({map: MapRef, mapLib: mapboxgl}) => IControl,
  onAdd: ({map: MapRef, mapLib: mapboxgl}) => void,
  onRemove: ({map: MapRef, mapLib: mapboxgl}) => void,
  options?: {
    position?: ControlPosition;
  }
): T

The hook creates an IControl instance, adds it to the map when it's available, and removes it upon unmount.

Parameters:

  • onCreate: ({map: MapRef, mapLib: mapboxgl}) => IControl - called to create an instance of the control.
  • onAdd: ({map: MapRef, mapLib: mapboxgl}) => void - called when the control has been added to the map.
  • onRemove: ({map: MapRef, mapLib: mapboxgl}) => void - called when the control is about to be removed from the map.
  • options: object
    • position: 'top-left' | 'top-right' | 'bottom-left' | 'bottom-right' - control position relative to the map

Returns:

IControl - the control instance from onCreate.

Source

use-control.ts