How to add custom controls

Interactive example on Playcode (opens new window)

To add custom controls, you can access google maps object and add controls to it, look at this example or follow the interactive example on CodeSandbox above.

Example

<template>
  <GMapMap
    :center="center"
    ref="myMapRef"
    :zoom="10"
    map-type-id="terrain"
    style="width: 100vw; height: 20rem"
  >
    <GMapCluster :zoomOnClick="true">
      <GMapMarker
        :key="index"
        v-for="(m, index) in markers"
        :position="m.position"
        :clickable="true"
        :draggable="true"
        @click="center = m.position"
      />
    </GMapCluster>
  </GMapMap>
</template>

<script>
  export default {
    mounted() {
      this.$refs.myMapRef.$mapPromise.then((map) => {
        // Create the DIV to hold the control and call the CenterControl()
        // constructor passing in this DIV.
        const centerControlDiv = document.createElement('div')
        this.addCenterControl(centerControlDiv, map)
        map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_CENTER].push(centerControlDiv)
      })
    },
    methods: {
      addCenterControl(controlDiv, map) {
        const controlUI = document.createElement('div')

        controlUI.innerHTML = `
        <div style="color: white; background: red; padding: 1rem;">
          You can click me, i can also be a vue component
        </div>
      `

        controlDiv.appendChild(controlUI)
        controlUI.addEventListener('click', () => {
          // Do what ever you want to happen on click event
          map.setCenter({
            lat: 53.57532,
            lng: 10.01534,
          })
        })
      },
    },
    data() {
      return {
        center: { lat: 51.093048, lng: 6.84212 },
        markers: [
          {
            position: {
              lat: 51.093048,
              lng: 6.84212,
            },
          },
          {
            position: {
              lat: 51.198429,
              lng: 6.69529,
            },
          },
          {
            position: {
              lat: 51.165218,
              lng: 7.067116,
            },
          },
          {
            position: {
              lat: 51.09256,
              lng: 6.84074,
            },
          },
        ],
      }
    },
  }
</script>