Hi Elliot,
I am using the Google Maps field in the backend to geocode some addresses. However, the result set does not include a country but only the fully formatted address.
I would find it really helpful if the whole response object was available for processing because it contains more information I could and would like act on.
Ok, I found out how to do this myself. It requires the following changes and I’d be glad to have them added.
In acf-input.js #5307:
$.each(location.address_components,function(key,item){
if (item.types[0] == 'country') {
acf.val( self.$el.find('.input-country'),item.short_name);
}
});
Another change goes to google-map.php #84 ,the array gets one more entry after lang:
'country' => ''
These small changes add the short_name of the country to the saved data.
Hi @wloske
You can always add the script by using the acf/input/admin_footer and then add a new text field to hold the country name. Please take a look at this page to learn how to work with ACF and Javascript: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/adding-custom-javascript-fields/.
If you still want to have the country field added to the core files, please open a new ticket so your suggestion can be passed directly to the plugin author. You can open a new ticket here: https://support.advancedcustomfields.com/new-ticket.
I hope this helps 🙂
Hi James,
thanks for pointing this possibility out. How would I be able to act upon a geocoding request. As far as I can see the geocoder response is not available to me when the script is loaded and no event is being fired to get hold of that response object. But I might have overseen something.
Best
Wolfgang
Hi @wloske
I believe you need to execute it only when the page is loaded like this:
<script type="text/javascript">
(function($) {
// execute the code when the page is loaded
$(document).ready(function(){
// Your code here
});
})(jQuery);
</script>
Sometimes, you also need to watch the newly created element by using the on() function. This page should give you more idea about it: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6658752/click-event-doesnt-work-on-dynamically-generated-elements.
Hope this helps 🙂
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