JQuery append to map pane - javascript

I'm switching one of my projects over to use googles maps api v3 from v2.
In v2 I had a div appended to the map pane with the following code:
$("#marker_popup").appendTo(map.getPane(G_MAP_FLOAT_SHADOW_PANE));
Is there any simple way to do that with v3? I've been searching around and I've found some things relating to implementing draw and onAdd, but I figure there has to be an easier way to do it than that.

Have a look at the answer to this question (and the corresponding v3 API documentation): google maps v3 translate map.getPane(G_MAP_FLOAT_SHADOW_PANE)

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I made a demo using v2, and now I want to use v3.
But I found out that v3 has not as many methods as v2, e.g.:
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polyline.enableDrawing()
So, is v3 powerful enough to replace v2 ???
N.B. Three years later there is obviously no reason not to use v3 of the API. Google Maps v2 is now deprecated.
Google Maps v3 is the next iteration of the API and my initial reaction would be to suggest that you use it. However, v3 is still a Google Labs product and is not as mature as the v2 API.
The initial focus for v3 was optimized performance and user experience on mobile platforms and ,as a result, some of the v2 features haven't made it into the v3 library (this gap is getting smaller). However, the performance improvements that have been made in v3 are equally applicable on the desktop, so you are faced with a performance/feature set trade off.
If there is a specific feature that is in v2 and not v3 and you aren't developing for a mobile device (and it sounds like you aren't), then you may want to use v2 and migrate to v3 once your feature is available.
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