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Standard
Attributes
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The <area /> tag

Definition and Usage

Defines a region in an image map. 

Tips and Notes

Note: The <area /> tag is an empty element, it contains attributes only. This element is always nested inside the map element.

Note: The usemap attribute in <image> refers to the id or name (browser dependant) attribute in <map>, therefore we have added both the id and name attributes to <map>.

Example

XHTML Output
<p>Click on the sun or on one of the planets:</p>

<img src ="images/planets.gif"
width ="145" height ="126"
usemap ="#planetmap" />

<map id ="planetmap"
name="planetmap">

<area shape ="rect"
 coords ="0,0,82,126"
 alt="Sun" href ="sun.htm"
  target ="_blank" />

<area shape ="circle"
 coords ="90,58,3"
 alt="Mercur" href ="mercur.htm"
 target ="_blank" />

<area shape ="circle"
 coords ="124,58,8"
 alt="Venus" href ="venus.htm"
 target ="_blank" />

</map>

Click on the sun or on one of the planets:

Planets Sun Mercur Venus

Required Attributes

DTD indicates in which XHTML 1.0 DTD the attribute is allowed. S=Strict, T=Transitional, and F=Frameset.

Attribute Value Description DTD
alt text Specifies an alternate text for the area STF

Optional Attributes

Attribute Value Description DTD
coords if shape="rect" then
coords="left,top,right,bottom"

if shape="circ" then
coords="centerx,centery,radius"

if shape="poly" then
coords="x1,y1,x2,y2,..,xn,yn"

 Specifies the coordinates for the clickable area STF
href URL Specifies the target URL of the area STF
nohref true
false		 Excludes an area from the image map STF
shape rect
rectangle
circ
circle
poly
polygon		 Defines the shape of the area STF
target _blank
_parent
_self
_top

Where to open the target URL.

  • _blank - the target URL will open in a new window
  • _self - the target URL will open in the same frame as it was clicked
  • _parent - the target URL will open in the parent frameset
  • _top - the target URL will open in the full body of the window
 TF

Standard Attributes

id, class, title, style, dir, lang, xml:lang, tabindex, accesskey

For a full description, go to Standard Attributes.

Event Attributes

onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup, onfocus, onblur

For a full description, go to Event Attributes.

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