Google Maps V3 Directions Panel - a way to turn off step directions functionality?

Question

Basically I want to turn off the feature that centers the map on each turn when you click on Directions Panel step.

Is there a way to disable that feature?

PS: i tried:

suppressMarkers: true,
suppressInfoWindows: true,

but those only take out the markers and infowindows - it still centers the map on the turn point when its clicked.

Answer 1

So this is what I ended up doing:

function getDirections()
{   
    var request = 
    {
        origin: start,
        destination: end,
        travelMode: google.maps.TravelMode.DRIVING
    };

    var summaryPanel = document.getElementById('directions_steps');

    directionsService.route(request, function(response, status) 
    {
        if (status == google.maps.DirectionsStatus.OK) 
        {

            directionsDisplay.setMap(map);
            directionsDisplay.setDirections(response);      

            var legs = response.routes[0].legs; 

            for (var leg = 0; leg < legs.length; leg++) {
                for (var step = 0; step < legs[leg].steps.length;
                step++) {
                    if (legs[leg].steps[step].lat_lngs) {                       
                        summaryPanel.innerHTML += legs[leg].steps[step].instructions+"<br/><br/>";                                                      
                    }
                }
            }

        }
    });
}

Answer 2

You can render the DirectionsPanel yourself (rather than using the DirectionsRenderer). That gives you complete control.

Example

Answer 3

Completely late, but for future references what worked for me was commenting these lines:

var directionsRenderer = new google.maps.DirectionsRenderer({
            draggable: true,
            map: map//,
            //panel: document.getElementById('right-panel') step directions instructions here
        });