Animate a Symbol to Follow the Mouse
Move a symbol layer to the mouse position on each mousemove event.
const API_KEY = 'toursprung';
const map = new maptoolkit.Map({
container: 'map',
style: `https://static.maptoolkit.net/styles/toursprung/terrain.json?api_key=${API_KEY}`,
center: [11.39085, 47.27574],
zoom: 12,
attributionControl: { compact: false }
});
map.addControl(new maptoolkit.NavigationControl(), 'top-right');
const dot = {
type: 'Feature',
geometry: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [0, 0] }
};
map.on('load', () => {
map.addSource('cursor', { type: 'geojson', data: dot });
map.addLayer({
id: 'cursor-circle',
type: 'circle',
source: 'cursor',
paint: {
'circle-radius': 12,
'circle-color': 'transparent',
'circle-stroke-width': 2,
'circle-stroke-color': '#ee8a65'
}
});
map.on('mousemove', (e) => {
dot.geometry.coordinates = [e.lngLat.lng, e.lngLat.lat];
map.getSource('cursor').setData(dot);
});
});<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Animate a Symbol to Follow the Mouse – Maptoolkit Maps JS</title>
<meta property="og:description" content="Move a symbol layer to the mouse position on each mousemove event." />
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@maptoolkit/maps@11.0.0-beta.2/dist/maptoolkit.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@maptoolkit/maps@11.0.0-beta.2/dist/maptoolkit.css" />
<style>
html, body { width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { width: 100%; height: 100%; cursor: none; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<script>
const API_KEY = 'toursprung';
const map = new maptoolkit.Map({
container: 'map',
style: `https://static.maptoolkit.net/styles/toursprung/terrain.json?api_key=${API_KEY}`,
center: [11.39085, 47.27574],
zoom: 12,
attributionControl: { compact: false }
});
map.addControl(new maptoolkit.NavigationControl(), 'top-right');
const dot = {
type: 'Feature',
geometry: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [0, 0] }
};
map.on('load', () => {
map.addSource('cursor', { type: 'geojson', data: dot });
map.addLayer({
id: 'cursor-circle',
type: 'circle',
source: 'cursor',
paint: {
'circle-radius': 12,
'circle-color': 'transparent',
'circle-stroke-width': 2,
'circle-stroke-color': '#ee8a65'
}
});
map.on('mousemove', (e) => {
dot.geometry.coordinates = [e.lngLat.lng, e.lngLat.lat];
map.getSource('cursor').setData(dot);
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>