Any way to get rid of the left pane in Google Maps?

Factual Questions
1

Is there any way to get rid of the left pane of content on Google Maps, so that the map takes up the whole width of the window?

2

I don’t know if there’s a way to toggle it manually, but it seems to go away when you input an unambiguous location ("<city>,<state>" or exact street address).

3

This can be done with a bit of JavaScript. After you’ve positioned the map the way you want it, enter the following in your address bar and then push enter:


javascript:document.getElementById("panel").style.visibility="hidden";document.getElementById("map").style.marginLeft="0";void(0);

If you add that line as the URL of a new bookmark/favorite (and give it a name like “Hide Google Maps Left Pane”), you can easily use it again in the future.

4

Reply verry verry cool!
Got any JavaScript to kill everything but the map?

5

Thanks, both of those suggestions worked great. Especially the bookmarklet.

6

This seems to work:


javascript:document.getElementById("gaia").style.display="none";document.getElementById("header").style.display="none";document.getElementById("panel").style.display="none";document.getElementById("map").style.marginLeft=0;document.getElementById("map").style.height=window.innerHeight+"px";void(0);

It basically removes everything else and leaves you with a full-screen map.

Unfortunately, the navigation controls are still there because I can’t figure out how to remove them. The API lets you remove them by name, but I don’t know what Google calls them by default. They can also be removed if there’s a way to hide all objects of a certain class (.gmnoprint in this case), but I don’t know enough JavaScript to do so. Anyone?

7

Also, for longer-term use, it’d probably be easier to just make a custom version using the Google Maps API.

8

Beautiful! Thanks.

9

Yes, very cool!

10

BTW, here is Google’s answer to my query, which matches what scr4 said.