Question

I am using a google maps custom control. I would like a text link outside of the map (on another place on the page) to interact with the control. Basically I want to be able to trigger a click on the custom control.

Does anyone have advice or assistance on how this can be accomplished?

This also relates to Using custom control with Google Maps KeyDragZoom – how to activate drag zoom? , decided to make a question more general.

Answer 1

Try directly selecting it by source:

$('img[src=http://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/ftr/controls/dragzoom_btn.png]').click();