Mapbox GL directions plugin hiding search origin destination box - mapbox

Question

I am using Mapbox GL directions plugin inside my app where I set the origin on map load and set driving destination upon user click on any location on the map. I am now trying to remove the top left search origin / destination box yet after extensive research can't figure out how to do so, can someone please help by telling me how to do so? Thanks.
Code I am using in my app below:
var map = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: 'map',
style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v8',
center: [userCoordinates.coords.longitude, userCoordinates.coords.latitude],
zoom: 15
});
var directions = new mapboxgl.Directions({
unit: 'metric',
profile: 'driving'
});
map.addControl(directions);
directions.setOrigin([userCoordinates.coords.longitude, userCoordinates.coords.latitude]);
map.on('click', function(e) {
var features = map.queryRenderedFeatures(e.point, { layers: ['gsLayer'] });
if (!features.length) {
return;
}
var feature = features[0];
directions.setDestination([feature.geometry.coordinates[0], feature.geometry.coordinates[1]]);
});

Answer 1

I couldn’t figure this out either since there is no documentation, but finally I read through the mapbox-gl-directions.js file and I think I found out how to do it.
In your example, you should embed the controls like this in order to remove the origin / destination box:
var directions = new mapboxgl.Directions({
unit: 'metric',
profile:'driving',
container:'directions', // Specify an element thats not the map container.
// UI controls
controls: {
inputs: false,
instructions: true
}
});
map.addControl(directions);

Answer 2

I'll assume you are using Mapbox GL Javascript, and looking at this example it appears map.addControl(new mapboxgl.Directions()); is what is adding the controller. Within your code you gave you also have this map.addControl(directions);. Try removing it and see what happens.
Hope this helps!