Disable map rotation
This example uses DragRotateHandler#disable
and TouchZoomRotateHandler#disableRotation
to prevent a user's drag and touch interactions from rotating a map.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Disable map rotation</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<link href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.7.0/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.7.0/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<script>
// TO MAKE THE MAP APPEAR YOU MUST
// ADD YOUR ACCESS TOKEN FROM
// https://account.mapbox.com
mapboxgl.accessToken = 'YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN';
const map = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: 'map', // container ID
// Choose from Mapbox's core styles, or make your own style with Mapbox Studio
style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v12', // style URL
center: [-122.65, 45.52], // starting position
zoom: 9 // starting zoom
});
// disable map rotation using right click + drag
map.dragRotate.disable();
// disable map rotation using touch rotation gesture
map.touchZoomRotate.disableRotation();
</script>
</body>
</html>
import React, { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
import mapboxgl from 'mapbox-gl';
import 'mapbox-gl/dist/mapbox-gl.css';
mapboxgl.accessToken = 'YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN';
const MapboxExample = () => {
const mapContainerRef = useRef();
const mapRef = useRef();
useEffect(() => {
mapRef.current = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: mapContainerRef.current,
style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v12',
center: [-122.65, 45.52],
zoom: 9
});
mapRef.current.dragRotate.disable();
mapRef.current.touchZoomRotate.disableRotation();
return () => {
mapRef.current.remove();
};
}, []);
return <div ref={mapContainerRef} id="map" style={{ height: '100%' }}></div>;
};
export default MapboxExample;
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