Google Maps API - Activating the infowindow of a custom marker - google-maps

Question

I am trying to activate the infowindow for a custom marer, yielding a small description about the marker, I'm having some trouble at the moment, I have the custom marker working but I can't get the infowindow to show.
I tried calling the listener for the marker and storing it in a variable "customMarker", then calling another mouseover listener to activate the infowindow, but I'm having no luck, can anyone help me out?
var map;
//Creates a custom icon to be placed on the map
var goldStar = 'https://cdn2.iconfinder.com/data/icons/august/PNG/Star%20Gold.png';
function initialize() {
//Sets the zoom amount for the map, the higher the number, the closer the zoom amount
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 18
//center : myLatLng
};
//The map object itself
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'),
mapOptions);
var contentString = 'This is a custom toolTip';
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
content: contentString
});
// Tries to find user location using HTML 5
if(navigator.geolocation)
{
//sets the map to the position of the user using location
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(position) {
var pos = new google.maps.LatLng(position.coords.latitude,
position.coords.longitude);
map.setCenter(pos);
}, function() {
handleNoGeolocation(true);
});
} else {
// Browser doesn't support Geolocation
handleNoGeolocation(false);
}
var customMarker = google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', function(event) {
placeMarker(event.latLng, map);
});
//This listener is not working
//google.maps.event.addListener(customMarker, 'mouseover', function() {
//infowindow.open(map,customMarker);
//});
}
function placeMarker(location, map)
{
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: location,
icon: goldStar,
map: map,
title: "custom marker",
draggable:true
});
map.panTo(location);
}

Answer 1

The google.maps.event.addListener function does not return a marker. This won't work:
var customMarker = google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', function(event) {
placeMarker(event.latLng, map);
});
Assign the event listener in your placeMarker function to the marker you create (also gives the advantage of maintaining function closure on the marker):
function placeMarker(location, map) {
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: location,
icon: goldStar,
map: map,
title: "custom marker",
draggable: true
});
var contentString = 'This is a custom toolTip';
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
content: contentString
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'mouseover', function() {
infowindow.open(map,marker);
});
map.panTo(location);
}
working fiddle