Map Documentation Needs Update?

gordonlu310 · February 24, 2022, 3:52am

I am currently writing a guide for my new website, when I saw this in the Map documentation.

Is this a coincidence that the properties are exactly the same, or is the documentation incorrect?

AyProductions · February 24, 2022, 3:56am

The documentation in this portion might be incorrect

You want to report an issue in GitHub

gordonlu310 · February 24, 2022, 3:57am

The correct description for ShowZoom should be:

Specifies whether to show zoom controls or not.

Aarush_Kumar · February 24, 2022, 4:39am

You can do a pull request by changing this line -

github.com

mit-cml/appinventor-sources/blob/master/appinventor/docs/html/reference/components/maps.html#L513

    
      
           <dt id="Map.ShowCompass" class="boolean"><em>ShowCompass</em></dt>
           <dd>Specifies whether to a compass overlay on the Map. The compass will be rotated based on the
          device’s orientation if a digital compass is present in hardware.</dd>
           <dt id="Map.ShowScale" class="boolean"><em>ShowScale</em></dt>
           <dd>Shows a scale reference on the map.</dd>
           <dt id="Map.ShowUser" class="boolean"><em>ShowUser</em></dt>
           <dd>Shows or hides an icon indicating the user’s current location on the <a href="#Map"><code class="highlighter-rouge">Map</code></a>. The
          availability and accuracy of this feature will depend on whether the user has location
          services enabled and which location providers are available.</dd>
           <dt id="Map.ShowZoom" class="boolean"><em>ShowZoom</em></dt>
           <dd>Shows or hides an icon indicating the user’s current location on the <a href="#Map"><code class="highlighter-rouge">Map</code></a>. The
          availability and accuracy of this feature will depend on whether the user has location
          services enabled and which location providers are available.</dd>
           <dt id="Map.UserLatitude" class="number ro bo"><em>UserLatitude</em></dt>
           <dd>Returns the user’s latitude if ShowUser is enabled.</dd>
           <dt id="Map.UserLongitude" class="number ro bo"><em>UserLongitude</em></dt>
           <dd>Returns the user’s longitude if ShowUser is enabled.</dd>
           <dt id="Map.Visible" class="boolean"><em>Visible</em></dt>
           <dd>Specifies whether the <code class="highlighter-rouge">Map</code> should be visible on the screen.  Value is <code class="logic block highlighter-rouge">true</code>
          if the <code class="highlighter-rouge">Map</code> is showing and <code class="logic block highlighter-rouge">false</code> if hidden.</dd>
           <dt id="Map.Width" class="number bo"><em>Width</em></dt>

gordonlu310 · February 24, 2022, 5:09am

Great, I surely will.