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Place the geocoder input outside the map

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Use the mapbox-gl-geocoder control to search for places using Mapbox Geocoding API attached to an element outside the map.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Place the geocoder input outside the map</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<link href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.9.0/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.9.0/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-geocoder/v5.0.3/mapbox-gl-geocoder.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-geocoder/v5.0.3/mapbox-gl-geocoder.css" type="text/css">

<style>
    .geocoder {
        position: absolute;
        z-index: 1;
        width: 50%;
        left: 50%;
        margin-left: -25%;
        top: 10px;
    }
    .mapboxgl-ctrl-geocoder {
        min-width: 100%;
    }
    #map {
        margin-top: 75px;
    }
</style>

<div id="map"></div>

<div id="geocoder" class="geocoder"></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',
        // Choose from Mapbox's core styles, or make your own style with Mapbox Studio
        style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v12',
        center: [-79.4512, 43.6568],
        zoom: 13
    });

    // Add the control to the map.
    const geocoder = new MapboxGeocoder({
        accessToken: mapboxgl.accessToken,
        mapboxgl: mapboxgl
    });

    document.getElementById('geocoder').appendChild(geocoder.onAdd(map));
</script>

</body>
</html>
This code snippet will not work as expected until you replace YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN with an access token from your Mapbox account.
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