/* * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element * that contains the map. */#map{height:100%;}/* * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */html,body{height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;}
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Ignoring:\",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=\u003er.add(f)&&u().then(()=\u003ed[l](f,...n))})\n ({key: \"AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg\", v: \"weekly\"});\u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/body\u003e\n\u003c/html\u003ehttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/event-properties/docs/index.html#L8-L22\n```\n\nTry Sample \n[JSFiddle.net](https://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/library/pure/googlemaps/js-samples/tree/master/dist/samples/event-properties/jsfiddle) [Google Cloud Shell](https://ssh.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/editor?cloudshell_git_repo=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgooglemaps%2Fjs-samples&cloudshell_git_branch=sample-event-properties&cloudshell_tutorial=cloud_shell_instructions.md&cloudshell_workspace=.)\n\nClone Sample\n\n\nGit and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these [instructions](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm) to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application. \n\n git clone -b sample-event-properties https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git\n cd js-samples\n npm i\n npm start\n\n\nOther samples can be tried by switching to any branch beginning with `sample-`\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eSAMPLE_NAME\u003c/var\u003e. \n\n git checkout sample-\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-nx\"\u003eSAMPLE_NAME\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/var\u003e\n npm i\n npm start"]]