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<!DOCTYPE>
<a>
<abbr>
<acronym>
<address>
<applet>
<area>
<b>
<base>
<basefont>
<bdo>
<big>
<blockquote>
<body>
<br>
<button>
<caption>
<center>
<cite>
<code>
<col>
<colgroup>
<dd>
<del>
<dfn>
<dir>
<div>
<dl>
<dt>
<em>
<fieldset>
<font>
<form>
<frame>
<frameset>
<head>
<h1> - <h6>
<hr>
<html>
<i>
<iframe>
<img>
<input>
<ins>
<kbd>
<label>
<legend>
<li>
<link>
<map>
<menu>
<meta>
<noframes>
<noscript>
<object>
<ol>
<optgroup>
<option>
<p>
<param>
<pre>
<q>
<s>
<samp>
<script>
<select>
<small>
<span>
<strike>
<strong>
<style>
<sub>
<sup>
<table>
<tbody>
<td>
<textarea>
<tfoot>
<th>
<thead>
<title>
<tr>
<tt>
<u>
<ul>
<var>

Standard
Attributes
Events
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The <map> tag

Definition and Usage

Defines a client-side image-map. An image-map is an image with clickable regions.

Tips and Notes

Note: The <area /> tag is always nested inside the map element. The <area /> tag defines the regions in the image map.

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 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"
  href ="sun.htm" target ="_blank" />
<area shape ="circle" coords ="90,58,3"
  href ="mercur.htm" target ="_blank" />
<area shape ="circle" coords ="124,58,8"
  href ="venus.htm" target ="_blank" />
</map>

Click 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
id unique_name Defines a unique name for the map tag STF

Optional Attributes

Attribute Value Description DTD
name unique_name Defines a unique name for the map tag (for backwards compability). STF

Standard Attributes

class, title, style, dir, lang, xml:lang

For a full description, go to Standard Attributes.

Event Attributes

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

For a full description, go to Event Attributes.

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