var map = new OpenLayers.Map({ div: "map", layers: [ new OpenLayers.Layer.OSM(), new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector() ], center: new OpenLayers.LonLat(0, 0), zoom: 1 }); var draw = new OpenLayers.Control.DrawFeature( map.layers[1], OpenLayers.Handler.Polygon, {handlerOptions: {holeModifier: "altKey"}} ); map.addControl(draw); // optionally listen for sketch events on the layer var output = document.getElementById("output"); function updateOutput(event) { window.setTimeout(function() { output.innerHTML = event.type + " " + event.feature.id; }, 100); } map.layers[1].events.on({ sketchmodified: updateOutput, sketchcomplete: updateOutput }) // add behavior to UI elements function toggleControl(element) { if (element.value === "polygon" && element.checked) { draw.activate(); } else { draw.deactivate(); } } document.getElementById("noneToggle").checked = true;