Allow users to add new Control classes without implementing a plugin

folium/__init__.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     ClickForLatLng,
     ClickForMarker,
     ColorLine,
+    Control,
     CustomIcon,
     DivIcon,
     GeoJson,
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
     "ClickForLatLng",
     "ColorLine",
     "ColorMap",
+    "Control",
     "CssLink",
     "CustomIcon",
     "Div",

folium/features.py

@@ -7,7 +7,18 @@
 import json
 import operator
 import warnings
-from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
+from typing import (
+    Any,
+    Callable,
+    Dict,
+    Iterable,
+    List,
+    Optional,
+    Sequence,
+    Tuple,
+    Union,
+    get_args,
+)
 
 import numpy as np
 import requests
@@ -33,6 +44,7 @@
     TypeJsonValue,
     TypeLine,
     TypePathOptions,
+    TypePosition,
     _parse_size,
     escape_backticks,
     get_bounds,
@@ -1813,7 +1825,7 @@ def __init__(self, popup: Union[IFrame, Html, str, None] = None):
         if isinstance(popup, Element):
             popup = popup.render()
         if popup:
-            self.popup = "`" + escape_backticks(popup) + "`"
+            self.popup = "`" + escape_backticks(popup) + "`"  # type: ignore
         else:
             self.popup = '"Latitude: " + lat + "<br>Longitude: " + lng '
 
@@ -1992,3 +2004,61 @@ def __init__(
             out.setdefault(cm(color), []).append([[lat1, lng1], [lat2, lng2]])
         for key, val in out.items():
             self.add_child(PolyLine(val, color=key, weight=weight, opacity=opacity))
+
+
+class Control(JSCSSMixin, MacroElement):
+    """
+    Add a Leaflet Control object to the map
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    control: str
+        The javascript class name of the control to be rendered.
+    position: str
+        One of "bottomright", "bottomleft", "topright", "topleft"
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+
+    >>> import folium
+    >>> from folium.features import Control, Marker
+    >>> from folium.plugins import Geocoder
+
+    >>> m = folium.Map(
+    ...     location=[46.603354, 1.8883335], attr=None, zoom_control=False, zoom_start=5
+    ... )
+    >>> Control("Zoom", position="topleft").add_to(m)
+    """
+
+    _template = Template(
+        """
+      {% macro script(this, kwargs) %}
+          var {{ this.get_name() }} = new L.Control.{{this._name}}(
+              {% for arg in this.args %}
+                  {{ arg | tojavascript }},
+              {% endfor %}
+              {{ this.options|tojavascript }}
+          ).addTo({{ this._parent.get_name() }});
+      {% endmacro %}
+    """
+    )
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        control: Optional[str] = None,
+        *args,
+        position: Optional[TypePosition] = None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+        if control:
+            self._name = control
+
+        if position is not None:
+            position = position.lower()  # type: ignore
+            if position not in (args := get_args(TypePosition)):
+                raise TypeError(f"position must be one of {args}")
+            kwargs["position"] = position
+
+        self.args = args
+        self.options = remove_empty(**kwargs)

folium/utilities.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     Iterable,
     Iterator,
     List,
+    Literal,
     Optional,
     Sequence,
     Tuple,
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@
 TypeBoundsReturn = List[List[Optional[float]]]
 
 TypeContainer = Union[Figure, Div, "Popup"]
+TypePosition = Literal["bottomright", "bottomleft", "topright", "topleft"]
 
 
 _VALID_URLS = set(uses_relative + uses_netloc + uses_params)

tests/test_folium.py

@@ -501,3 +501,29 @@ def test_json_request(self):
         np.testing.assert_allclose(
             bounds, [[18.948267, -178.123152], [71.351633, 173.304726]]
         )
+
+    def test_control_typecheck(self):
+        m = folium.Map(
+            location=[39.949610, -75.150282], zoom_start=5, zoom_control=False
+        )
+        tiles = TileLayer(
+            tiles="OpenStreetMap",
+            show=False,
+            control=False,
+        )
+        tiles.add_to(m)
+
+        with pytest.raises(TypeError) as excinfo:
+            minimap = folium.Control("MiniMap", tiles, position="downunder")
+            minimap.add_js_link(
+                "minimap_js",
+                "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/leaflet-minimap/3.6.1/Control.MiniMap.min.js",
+            )
+            minimap.add_css_link(
+                "minimap_css",
+                "https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/leaflet-minimap/3.6.1/Control.MiniMap.css",
+            )
+            minimap.add_to(m)
+        assert "position must be one of ('bottomright', 'bottomleft'" in str(
+            excinfo.value
+        )