N.B. Leaflet.draw 0.2 requires the latest Leaflet master. You will need to download it from the Github repo.

#Leaflet.draw Adds support for drawing and editing vectors and markers on Leaflet maps. Check out the demo

Upgrading from Leaflet.draw 0.1

Leaflet.draw 0.2 changes a LOT of things from 0.1. Please see BREAKING CHANGES for how to upgrade.

Table of Contents

Using the plugin
Advanced Options
Command tasks
Thanks

## Using the plugin

The default state for the control is the draw toolbar just below the zoom control. This will allow map users to draw vectors and markers. Please note the edit toolbar is not enabled by default.

Too add the draw toolbar set the option drawControl: true in the map options.

// create a map in the "map" div, set the view to a given place and zoom
var map = L.map('map', {drawControl: true}).setView([51.505, -0.09], 13);

// add an OpenStreetMap tile layer
L.tileLayer('http://{s}.tile.osm.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png', {
    attribution: '&copy; <a href="http://osm.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors'
}).addTo(map);

Adding the edit toolbar

To use the edit toolbar you must initialise the Leaflet.draw control and manually add it to the map.

// create a map in the "map" div, set the view to a given place and zoom
var map = L.map('map').setView([51.505, -0.09], 13);

// add an OpenStreetMap tile layer
L.tileLayer('http://{s}.tile.osm.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png', {
    attribution: '&copy; <a href="http://osm.org/copyright">OpenStreetMap</a> contributors'
}).addTo(map);

// Initialize the FeatureGroup to store editable layers
var drawnItems = new L.FeatureGroup();
map.addLayer(drawnItems);

// Initialize the draw control and pass it the FeatureGroup of editable layers
var drawControl = new L.Control.Draw({
	edit: {
		featureGroup: drawnItems
	}
});
map.addControl(drawControl);

The key here is the featureGroup option. This tells the plugin which FeatureGroup that contains the layers that should be editable.

Events

Once you have successfully added the Leaflet.draw plugin your map you will want to respond to the different actions users can do. The following events will be triggered on the map:

draw:created

Property	Type	Description
layer	Polyline/Polygon/Rectangle/Circle/Marker	Layer that was just created.
layerType	String	The type of layer this is. One of: polyline, polygon, rectangle, circle, marker

Triggered when a new vector or marker has been created.

map.on('draw:created', function (e) {
	var type = e.layerType,
		layer = e.layer;

	if (type === 'marker') {
		// Do marker specific actions
	}

	// Do whatever else you need to. (save to db, add to map etc)
	map.addLayer(layer);
});

draw:edited

Triggered when layers in the FeatureGroup, that the plugin was initialized with, have been edited and saved.

Note: the edited layers are not passed as an argument. Currently a TODO.

draw:deleted

Triggered when layers have been layers have been removed (and saved) from the FeatureGroup.

Property	Type	Description
layers	LayerGroup	List of all layers just removed from the map.

draw:drawstart

Triggered when the user has chosen to draw a particular vector or marker.

Property	Type	Description
layerType	String	The type of layer this is. One of: polyline, polygon, rectangle, circle, marker

draw:drawstop

Triggered when the user has finshed a particular vector or marker.

Property	Type	Description
layerType	String	The type of layer this is. One of: polyline, polygon, rectangle, circle, marker

## Advanced options

You can configure the plugin by using the different options listed here.

Control.Draw

These options make up the root object that is used when initializing the Leaflet.draw control.

Option	Type	Default	Description
position	String	'topleft'	The initial position of the control (one of the map corners). See control positions.
draw	DrawOptions	{}	The options used to configure the draw toolbar.
edit	EditOptions	false	The options used to configure the edit toolbar.

### DrawOptions

These options will allow you to configure the draw toolbar and it's handlers.

Option	Type	Default	Description
polyline	PolylineOptions	{ title: 'Draw a polyline' }	Polyline draw handler options.
polygon	PolygonOptions	{ title: 'Draw a polygon' }	Polygon draw handler options.
rectangle	RectangleOptions	{ title: 'Draw a rectangle' }	Rectangle draw handler options.
circle	CircleOptions	{ title: 'Draw a circle' }	Circle draw handler options.
marker	MarkerOptions	{ title: 'Add a marker' }	Marker draw handler options.

Draw handler options

The following options will allow you to configure the individual draw handlers.

#### PolylineOptions and PolygonOptions

Polyline and Polygon drawing handlers take the same options.

Option	Type	Default	Description
title	String	'Draw a Polyline (Polygon)'	The title used for the polyline/polygon button.
allowIntersection	Bool	true	Determines if line segements can cross.
drawError	Object	See code	Configuration options for the error that displays if an intersection is detected.
guidelineDistance	Number	20	Distance in pixels between each guide dash.
shapeOptions	Leaflet Polyline options	See code	The options used when drawing the polyline/polygon on the map.
zIndexOffset	Number	2000	This should be a high number to ensure that you can draw over all other layers on the map.

#### RectangleOptions

Option	Type	Default	Description
title	String	'Draw a rectangle.'	The title used for the rectangle button.
shapeOptions	Leaflet Path options	See code	The options used when drawing the rectangle on the map.

#### CircleOptions

Option	Type	Default	Description
title	String	'Draw a circle.'	The title used for the circle button.
shapeOptions	Leaflet Path options	See code	The options used when drawing the circle on the map.

#### MarkerOptions

Option	Type	Default	Description
title	String	'Add a marker.'	The title used for the marker button.
icon	Leaflet Icon	L.Icon.Default()	The icon displayed when drawing a marker.
zIndexOffset	Number	2000	This should be a high number to ensure that you can draw over all other layers on the map.

### EditOptions

These options will allow you to configure the draw toolbar and its handlers.

Option	Type	Default	Description
featureGroup	Leaflet FeatureGroup	null	This is the FeatureGroup that stores all editable shapes. THIS iS REQUIRED FOR THE EDIT TOOLBAR TO WORK
edit	EditHandlerOptions	{ title: 'Edit layers' }	Edit handler options.
remove	DeleteHandlerOptions	{ title: 'Delete layers' }	Delete handler options.

#### EditHandlerOptions

Option	Type	Default	Description
title	String	'Edit Layers'	The title used for the edit button.
selectedPathOptions	Leaflet Path options	See code	The path options for how the layers will look like while in edit mode.

#### DeleteHandlerOptions

Option	Type	Default	Description
title	String	'Remove Layers'	The title used for the delete button.

## Common tasks

The following examples outline some common tasks.

Example Leaflet.draw config

The following example will show you how to:

1. Change the position of the control's toolbar.
2. Customize the styles of a vector layer.
3. Use a custom marker.
4. Disable the delete functionality.

var cloudmadeUrl = 'http://{s}.tile.cloudmade.com/BC9A493B41014CAABB98F0471D759707/997/256/{z}/{x}/{y}.png',
	cloudmade = new L.TileLayer(cloudmadeUrl, {maxZoom: 18}),
	map = new L.Map('map', {layers: [cloudmade], center: new L.LatLng(-37.7772, 175.2756), zoom: 15 });

var editableLayers = new L.FeatureGroup();
map.addLayer(editableLayers);

var MyCustomMarker = L.Icon.extend({
	options: {
		shadowUrl: null,
		iconAnchor: new L.Point(12, 12),
		iconSize: new L.Point(24, 24),
		iconUrl: 'link/to/image.png'
	}
});

var options = {
	position: 'topright',
	draw: {
		polyline: {
			title: 'Draw a kick ass polyline!'
			shapeOptions: {
				color: '#f357a1',
				weight: 10
			}
		},
		polygon: {
			allowIntersection: false, // Restricts shapes to simple polygons
			drawError: {
				color: '#e1e100, // Color the shape will turn when intersects
				message: '<strong>Oh snap!<strong> you can\'t draw that!' // Message that will show when intersect
			},
			shapeOptions: {
				color: '#bada55'
			}
		},
		circle: false, // Turns off this drawing tool
		rectangle: {
			shapeOptions: {
				clickable: false
			}
		},
		marker: {
			icon: new MyCustomMarker()
		}
	},
	edit: {
		featureGroup: editableLayers, //REQUIRED!!
		remove: false
	}
};

var drawControl = new L.Control.Draw(options);
map.addControl(drawControl);

map.on('draw:created', function (e) {
	var type = e.layerType,
		layer = e.layer;

	if (type === 'marker') {
		layer.bindPopup('A popup!');
	}

	drawnItems.addLayer(layer);
});

Disabling a toolbar

If you do not want a particular toolbar in your app you can turn it off by setting the toolbar to false.

var drawControl = new L.Control.Draw({
	draw: false,
	edit: {
		featureGroup: editableLayers
	}
});

Disabling a toolbar item

If you want to turn off a particular toolbar item, set it to false. The following disables drawing polygons and markers. It also turns off the ability to edit layers.

var drawControl = new L.Control.Draw({
	draw: {
		polygon: false,
		marker: false
	},
	edit: {
		featureGroup: editableLayers,
		edit: false
	}
});

Changing a drawing handlers options

You can change a draw handlers options after initialization by using the setDrawingOptions method on the Leaflet.draw control.

E.g. to change the colour of the rectangle:

drawControl.setDrawingOptions(
    rectangle: {
        color: '#0000FF'
    }
);

## Thanks

Thanks so much to @brunob, @tnightingale, and @shramov. I got a lot of ideas from their Leaflet plugins.

All the contributors and issue reporters of this plugin rock. Thanks for tidying up my mess and keeping the plugin on track.

The icons used for some of the toolbar buttons are either from http://glyphicons.com/ or inspired by them. <3 Glyphicons!

Finally, @mourner is the man! Thanks for dedicating so much of your time to create the gosh darn best JavaScript mapping library around.