Allow zooming only with scroll in google maps

Question

Since a few days our users can only zoom when they hit the "ctrl" key while scrolling which doesn't make sense in our applications.

Is there a way to allow zooming only with scrolling (as it was before) in Google Maps?

I've seen that this "ctrl + scroll" force now also is in the google maps api reference (screenshot).

Have you tried the gestureHandling: 'greedy' property when instantiating your map? — G.Hunt
– G.Hunt, Commented Aug 15, 2017 at 14:04
Hi G.Hunt, thank you for the answer, it worked with gestureHandling: 'greedy'! — bidosa
– bidosa, Commented Aug 15, 2017 at 14:17
This was happening to some users of an app that I built as well, was this changed within the google maps JavaScript API recently? I looked all over the google maps docs and couldn't find anything noting this change so it was a bit difficult to figure out what happened and how it could be reverted back to the previous functionality. — morris295
– morris295, Commented Aug 17, 2017 at 14:15
@morris295 You can find the release notes here, which details the release on 16th August. — G.Hunt
– G.Hunt, Commented Aug 17, 2017 at 15:18
Ah, cool. The first report I got about it was on 8/15. I guess it went out ahead of the date they specified or we might be accepting new versions rather greedily. Thanks for digging that up, subscribing to the release notes RSS now to catch future changes. — morris295
– morris295, Commented Aug 17, 2017 at 17:53

G.Hunt · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-17 14:18:05Z

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Add gestureHandling: 'greedy' to your map options during instantiation.

E.g:

var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
    center: {0, 0},
    zoom: 8,
    gestureHandling: 'greedy'
  });
}

answered Aug 15, 2017 at 14:22

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Yeah, I removed my previous comment because it was not relevant after you edited, :).

bad_coder · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-29 20:09:40Z

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gestureHandling: "cooperative",

This the updated version from google maps.

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answered Aug 29, 2021 at 5:40

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