TypoScript

This page is divided into the following sections which are all configurable by using TypoScript:

Plugin settings

This section covers all settings, which can be defined in the plugin itself.

Important

Every setting can also be defined by TypoScript: plugin.tx_maps2.settings.[propertyName]

Properties

Property Title Sheet Type
poiCollection Show poiCollection General integer
categories Categories General string
mapWidth Map width General string
mapHeight Map height General string
allowMapTemplatePath AllowMap template path General string
zoom Zoom Map Options integer
mapTypeId Map type Map Options string
zoomControl Zoom control Map Options boolean
mapTypeControl Map type control Map Options boolean
scaleControl Scale control Map Options boolean
streetViewControl Street view control Map Options boolean
fullScreenControl Full Screen control Map Options boolean
activateScrollWheel Activate Scroll Wheel zoom Map Options boolean

poiCollection

Property
poiCollection
Data type
integer

Description

Define a poiCollection which should be shown on the website

categories

Property

categories

Data type

string

Description

If you have not set a fixed poiCollection above you can choose one or more categories here. If you have chosen more than one category some checkboxes will appear below the map in frontend where you can switch the markers of the chosen category on and off.

mapWidth

Property

mapWidth

Data type

string

Description

The width of the map.

mapHeight

Property

mapHeight

Data type

string

Description

The height of the map.

allowMapTemplatePath

Property

allowMapTemplatePath

Data type

string

Description

With this setting you can override the default template from extension configuration. This setting it not part of the plugin configuration and can only be set within the settings-part in TS setup. File prefixes like EXT: are allowed. Please have a look into the extension configuration for a detailed explaination.

zoom

Property

zoom

Data type

integer

Description

A zoom value how deep to zoom in into the map.

mapTypeId

Property

mapTypeId

Data type

string

Description

Show Roadmap, Earthview or Streetview

zoomControl

Property

zoomControl

Data type

boolean

Description

Show a zoom control.

mapTypeControl

Property

mapTypeControl

Data type

boolean

Description

Show a map type control.

scaleControl

Property

scaleControl

Data type

boolean

Description

Show a scale control.

streetViewControl

Property

streetViewControl

Data type

boolean

Description

Show a street view control.

fullScreenControl

Property

fullScreenControl

Data type

boolean

Description

Toggle between normal and full screen mode.

activateScrollWheel

Property

activateScrollWheel

Data type

boolean

Description

If deactivated you can not zoom via your mouse scroll wheel.

General Settings

This section covers all TypoScript settings, which can not be configured by a plugin.

Properties

Property Title Type
infoWindowContentTemplatePath Info windows template path string
markerClusterer Configure Marker Clusterer boolean

infoWindowContentTemplatePath

Property

infoWindowContentTemplatePath

Data type

string

Description

The info-window of a marker has its own html template, which you can set to your own destination. This setting it not part of the plugin configuration and can only be set within the settings-part in TS setup. File prefixes like EXT: are allowed. For extension developers: If you have build your own extension and you want to use the maps2 widgets, you have to provide this setting with the exact same name to your extension, too. If not, we will use the default template path of extension configuration in extension manager.

markerClusterer

Property

markerClusterer.enable

Data type

boolean

Description

If you have really much PoiCollections defined it would be helpful to group them into one Poi Marker. This special marker contains the amount of markers it just has grouped. The web visitor has to zoom in to ungroup these special markers to see the original markers again.

Important

Please activate this option in Constant Editor, as the Constant was checked at multiple sections in TS setup.

Property

markerClusterer.imagePath

Data type

string

Description

Define the path to the images which have to be used for MarkerClustering. Do not define the full image path, as 1.png, 2.png, 3.png, … will be added automatically. You can prefix imagePath with EXT: is you want.