Open popup programmatically

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Open a markers popup from a button.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Open popup programmatically</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>
.ui-control {
  position:absolute;
  top:10px;
  right:10px;
  z-index:1000;
  }
</style>

<div id='map'></div>
<button id='open-popup' class='ui-control'>open popup</button>

<script>
L.mapbox.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var map = L.mapbox.map('map')
    .setView([37.77396, -122.4366], 12)
    .addLayer(L.mapbox.styleLayer('mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11'));

var myFeatureLayer = L.mapbox.featureLayer('/mapbox.js/assets/data/sf_locations.geojson')
    .addTo(map);

// Wait until the markers are loaded, so we know that `map.featureLayer.eachLayer`
// will actually go over each marker.
myFeatureLayer.on('ready', function(e) {
    document.getElementById('open-popup').onclick = clickButton;
});

function clickButton() {
    myFeatureLayer.eachLayer(function(marker) {
        // You can replace this test for anything else, to choose the right
        // marker on which to open a popup. by default, popups are exclusive
        // so opening a new one will close all of the others.
        if (marker.feature.properties.title === 'La Taqueria') {
            marker.openPopup();
        }
    });
}
</script>

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

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