GroupedLayerControl

We can create a GroupedLayerControl and define what layers we want to group together. Those layers won’t show up in the regular layer control.

GroupedLayerControl takes the same arguments as LayerControl.

By default, groups are exclusive, meaning only one layer in a group can be active at a time.

import folium
from folium.plugins import GroupedLayerControl

m = folium.Map([40., 70.], zoom_start=6)

fg1 = folium.FeatureGroup(name='g1')
fg2 = folium.FeatureGroup(name='g2')
fg3 = folium.FeatureGroup(name='g3')
folium.Marker([40, 74]).add_to(fg1)
folium.Marker([38, 72]).add_to(fg2)
folium.Marker([40, 72]).add_to(fg3)
m.add_child(fg1)
m.add_child(fg2)
m.add_child(fg3)

folium.LayerControl(collapsed=False).add_to(m)

GroupedLayerControl(
    groups={'groups1': [fg1, fg2]},
    collapsed=False,
).add_to(m)

m

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It’s also possible to have check boxes instead of radio buttons, so multiple layers within a group can be active.

In this example the layers are not shown by default, but can all be activated.

m = folium.Map([40., 70.], zoom_start=6)

fg1 = folium.FeatureGroup(name='g1', show=False)
fg2 = folium.FeatureGroup(name='g2', show=False)
fg3 = folium.FeatureGroup(name='g3')
folium.Marker([40, 74]).add_to(fg1)
folium.Marker([38, 72]).add_to(fg2)
folium.Marker([40, 72]).add_to(fg3)
m.add_child(fg1)
m.add_child(fg2)
m.add_child(fg3)

folium.LayerControl(collapsed=False).add_to(m)

GroupedLayerControl(
    groups={'groups1': [fg1, fg2]},
    exclusive_groups=False,
    collapsed=False,
).add_to(m)

m

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