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SearchBox class

google.maps.places.SearchBox class

A widget that provides query predictions based on a user's text input. It attaches to an input element of type text, and listens for text entry in that field. The list of predictions is presented as a drop-down list, and is updated as text is entered.

This class extends MVCObject.

Library

places

Constructor
SearchBox	SearchBox(inputField[, opts]) Parameters:  inputField:  HTMLInputElement opts:  SearchBoxOptions optional Creates a new instance of SearchBox that attaches to the specified input text field with the given options.

Methods
getBounds	getBounds() Parameters:  None Return Value:  LatLngBounds Returns the bounds to which query predictions are biased.
getPlaces	getPlaces() Parameters:  None Return Value:  Array<PlaceResult> Returns the query selected by the user, or null if no places have been found yet, to be used with places_changed event.
setBounds	setBounds(bounds) Parameters:  bounds:  LatLngBounds|LatLngBoundsLiteral Return Value:  None Sets the region to use for biasing query predictions. Results will only be biased towards this area and not be completely restricted to it.

Events
places_changed	function() Arguments:  None This event is fired when the user selects a query, getPlaces should be used to get new places.

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