Event objects

Event object is an object that you receive as an argument in a listener function when some event is fired, containing useful information about that event. For example:

map.on('click', function(e) {
	alert(e.latlng); // e is an event object (MouseEvent in this case)
});

Event

The base event object. All other event objects contain these properties too.

property	type	description
type	String	The event type (e.g. 'click').
target	Object	The object that fired the event.

MouseEvent

property	type	description
latlng	LatLng	The geographical point where the mouse event occured.
layerPoint	Point	Pixel coordinates of the point where the mouse event occured relative to the map layer.
containerPoint	Point	Pixel coordinates of the point where the mouse event occured relative to the map сontainer.
originalEvent	DOMMouseEvent	The original DOM mouse event fired by the browser.

LocationEvent

property	type	description
latlng	LatLng	Detected geographical location of the user.
bounds	LatLngBounds	Geographical bounds of the area user is located in (with respect to the accuracy of location).
accuracy	Number	Accuracy of location in meters.
altitude	Number	Height of the position above the WGS84 ellipsoid in meters.
altitudeAccuracy	Number	Accuracy of altitude in meters.
heading	Number	The direction of travel in degrees counting clockwise from true North.
speed	Number	Current velocity in meters per second.
timestamp	Number	The time when the position was acquired.

ErrorEvent

property	type	description
message	String	Error message.
code	Number	Error code (if applicable).

LayerEvent

property	type	description
layer	ILayer	The layer that was added or removed.

LayersControlEvent

property	type	description
layer	ILayer	The layer that was added or removed.
name	String	The name of the layer that was added or removed.

TileEvent

property	type	description
tile	HTMLElement	The tile element (image).
url	String	The source URL of the tile.

ResizeEvent

property	type	description
oldSize	Point	The old size before resize event.
newSize	Point	The new size after the resize event.

GeoJSON event

property	type	description
layer	ILayer	The layer for the GeoJSON feature that is being added to the map.
properties	Object	GeoJSON properties of the feature.
geometryType	String	GeoJSON geometry type of the feature.
id	String	GeoJSON ID of the feature (if present).

Popup event

property	type	description
popup	Popup	The popup that was opened or closed.

DragEndEvent

property	type	description
distance	Number	The distance in pixels the draggable element was moved by.