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Custom marker tooltips

How to create a custom marker tooltip with style text or images using Mapbox.js, our open source JavaScript library.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Custom marker tooltips</title>
<meta name='viewport' content='initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no' />
<script src='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.3.1/mapbox.js'></script>
<link href='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.3.1/mapbox.css' rel='stylesheet' />
<style>
  body { margin:0; padding:0; }
  #map { position:absolute; top:0; bottom:0; width:100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<style>
.leaflet-popup-content img {
  max-width:100%;
  }
</style>
<div id='map'></div>

<script>
L.mapbox.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var map = L.mapbox.map('map')
    .setView([43.229, -79.453], 5)
    .addLayer(L.mapbox.styleLayer('mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11'));

var myLayer = L.mapbox.featureLayer().addTo(map);

var geoJson = [{
    type: 'Feature',
    "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [-77.03, 38.90]},
    "properties": {
        "image": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Cherry_Blossoms_and_Washington_Monument.jpg/320px-Cherry_Blossoms_and_Washington_Monument.jpg",
        "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.",
        "marker-symbol": "star",
        "marker-color": "#ff8888",
        "marker-size": "large",
        "city": "Washington, D.C."
    }
}, {
    type: 'Feature',
    "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [-87.63, 41.88]},
    "properties": {
        "image": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Chicago_sunrise_1.jpg/640px-Chicago_sunrise_1.jpg",
        "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago",
        "marker-color": "#ff8888",
        "city": "Chicago"
    }
}, {
    type: 'Feature',
    "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [-74.00, 40.71]},
    "properties": {
        "image": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/NYC_Top_of_the_Rock_Pano.jpg/640px-NYC_Top_of_the_Rock_Pano.jpg",
        "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City",
        "marker-color": "#ff8888",
        "city": "New York City"
    }
}];

// Add custom popups to each using our custom feature properties
myLayer.on('layeradd', function(e) {
    var marker = e.layer,
        feature = marker.feature;

    // Create custom popup content
    var popupContent =  '<a target="_blank" class="popup" href="' + feature.properties.url + '">' +
                            '<img src="' + feature.properties.image + '" />' +
                            feature.properties.city +
                        '</a>';

    // http://leafletjs.com/reference.html#popup
    marker.bindPopup(popupContent,{
        closeButton: false,
        minWidth: 320
    });
});

// Add features to the map
myLayer.setGeoJSON(geoJson);
</script>
</body>
</html>
to create your own custom map and use it in this example.
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