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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>
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