Leaflet Marker autoPan option

Question

According to the Leaflet docs the marker's autoPan option works like this:

Set it to true if you want the map to do panning animation when marker hits the edges.

What does 'the marker hits the edges' mean?

When I set the option to true and add a new marker right on the edge or outside of the current view, the map does not automatically move.

Answer 1

The autoPan option of L.Marker dates back to https://github.com/Leaflet/Leaflet/pull/5651 - as you would be able to see, it implements https://github.com/Leaflet/Leaflet/issues/3572 , which is about automatically panning the map when dragging a draggable marker near the edge of the map viewport.