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VEMap.GetLeft Method

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Returns the pixel value of the left edge of the map control.

VEMap.GetLeft();

Return Value

The position of the left edge of the map control.

Remarks

The pixel value is relative to the browser window, not the entire display screen.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html>
   <head>
      <title></title>
      <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

      <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ecn.dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx?v=6.3"></script>

      <script type="text/javascript">
         var map = null;
         
         function GetMap()
         {
            map = new VEMap('myMap');
            map.LoadMap();
         }   

         function GetInfo()
         {  
            // VEMap.GetTop returns the position of the top edge of the map control, in pixels.
            // VEMap.GetLeft returns the position of the left edge of the map control, in pixels.
            // These units are defined using standard DHTML markup.
            // See the style attribute for the <div> element 'myMap'.
            var info = 'The top edge of the map on the Web page is at pixel: '+ map.GetTop() + "\n";
            info += 'The left edge of the map on the Web page is at pixel: '+ map.GetLeft() + "\n";
            info += 'The latitude,longitude at the center of the map is: '+ map.GetCenter() + "\n";
            info += 'The current zoom level of the map is: '+ map.GetZoomLevel() + "\n";
            info += 'The map control version is: '+ VEMap.GetVersion() + "\n";            
            alert(info);
         }
      </script>
   </head>
   <body onload="GetMap();">
      <div id='myMap' style="position:relative; width:400px; height:400px; top:25px; left:25px"></div>
      <INPUT id="getinfo" style="position:relative" type="button" value="Get Info" onclick="GetInfo();">
   </body>
</html>