Control

The base class for all Leaflet controls. Implements IControl interface. You can add controls to the map like this:

control.addTo(map);
// the same as
map.addControl(control);

Creation

Factory	Description
L.control( <Control options> options? )	Creates a control with the given options.

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
position	String	'topright'	The initial position of the control (one of the map corners). See control positions.

Methods

Method	Returns	Description
setPosition( <String> position )	this	Sets the position of the control. See control positions.
getPosition()	String	Returns the current position of the control.
addTo( <Map> map )	this	Adds the control to the map.
removeFrom( <Map> map )	this	Removes the control from the map.
getContainer()	HTMLElement	Returns the HTML container of the control.

Control Positions

Control positions (map corner to put a control to) are set using strings. Margins between controls and the map border are set with CSS, so that you can easily override them.

Position	Description
'topleft'	Top left of the map.
'topright'	Top right of the map.
'bottomleft'	Bottom left of the map.
'bottomright'	Bottom right of the map.