Disable zooming and panning

How to disable zooming and panning with Mapbox.js, our open source JavaScript library.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Disable zooming and panning</title>
<meta name='viewport' content='initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no' />
<script src='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.2.1/mapbox.js'></script>
<link href='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.2.1/mapbox.css' rel='stylesheet' />
<style>
  body { margin:0; padding:0; }
  #map { position:absolute; top:0; bottom:0; width:100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>

<div id='map'></div>

<script>
L.mapbox.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var map = L.mapbox.map('map', null, { zoomControl: false })
  .setView([41.0252, 28.9950], 11)
  .addLayer(L.mapbox.styleLayer('mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11'));

// Disable drag and zoom handlers.
map.dragging.disable();
map.touchZoom.disable();
map.doubleClickZoom.disable();
map.scrollWheelZoom.disable();
map.keyboard.disable();

// Disable tap handler, if present.
if (map.tap) map.tap.disable();
</script>

to create your own custom map and use it in this example.

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