HTML - <area>
The HTML <area>
element defines a hot-spot region on an image, and optionally associates it with a hypertext link. This element is used only within a <map>
element.
Example
<map name="primary"> <area shape="circle" coords="200,250,25" href="another.htm" /> <area shape="default" nohref /> </map>
Description
The HTML <area>
element defines a hot-spot region on an image, and optionally associates it with a hypertext link. This element is used only within a <map>
element.
Content categories | Flow content, phrasing content. |
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Permitted content | None, it is an empty element. |
Tag omission | Must have a start tag and must not have an end tag. |
Permitted parent elements | Any element that accepts phrasing content. The <area> element must have an ancestor <map> , but it need not be a direct parent. |
DOM interface | HTMLAreaElement |
Attributes
Includes the Global Attributes.
Name | Version | Description |
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accesskey |
HTML 4 | Specifies a keyboard navigation accelerator for the element. Pressing ALT or a similar key in association with the specified character selects the form control correlated with that key sequence. Page designers are forewarned to avoid key sequences already bound to browsers. This attribute is global since HTML5. |
alt |
A text string alternative to display on browsers that do not display images. The text should be phrased so that it presents the user with the same kind of choice as the image would offer when displayed without the alternative text. In HTML4, this attribute is required, but may be the empty string (""). In HTML5, this attribute is required only if the href attribute is used. | |
coords |
A set of values specifying the coordinates of the hot-spot region. The number and meaning of the values depend upon the value specified for the shape attribute. For a rect or rectangle shape, the coords value is two x,y pairs: left, top, right, and bottom. For a circle shape, the value is x,y,r where x,y is a pair specifying the center of the circle and r is a value for the radius. For a poly or polygon shape, the value is a set of x,y pairs for each point in the polygon: x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3, and so on. In HTML4, the values are numbers of pixels or percentages, if a percent sign (%) is appended; in HTML5, the values are numbers of CSS pixels. |
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download |
HTML5 | This attribute, if present, indicates that the author intends the hyperlink to be used for downloading a resource. See <a> for a full description of the download attribute. |
href |
The hyperlink target for the area. Its value is a valid URL. In HTML4, either this attribute or the nohref attribute must be present in the element. In HTML5, this attribute may be omitted; if so, the area element does not represent a hyperlink. | |
hreflang |
HTML5 | Indicates the language of the linked resource. Allowed values are determined by BCP47. Use this attribute only if the href attribute is present. |
name |
HTML 4 | Define a names for the clickable area so that it can be scripted by older browsers. |
media |
HTML5 | A hint of the media for which the linked resource was designed, for example print and screen . If omitted, it defaults to all . Use this attribute only if the href attribute is present. |
nohref |
HTML 4 | Indicates that no hyperlink exists for the associated area. Either this attribute or the href attribute must be present in the element.
Usage note: This attribute is obsolete in HTML5, instead omitting the href attribute is sufficient. |
referrerpolicy |
A string indicating which referrer to use when fetching the resource:
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rel |
HTML5 | For anchors containing the href attribute, this attribute specifies the relationship of the target object to the link object. The value is a comma-separated list of link types values. The values and their semantics will be registered by some authority that might have meaning to the document author. The default relationship, if no other is given, is void. Use this attribute only if the href attribute is present. |
shape |
The shape of the associated hot spot. The specifications for HTML 5 and HTML 4 define the values rect , which defines a rectangular region; circle , which defines a circular region; poly , which defines a polygon; and default , which indicates the entire region beyond any defined shapes. Many browsers, notably Internet Explorer 4 and higher, support circ , polygon , and rectangle as valid values for shape; these values are . |
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tabindex |
HTML 4 | A numeric value specifying the position of the defined area in the browser tabbing order. This attribute is global in HTML5. |
target |
This attribute specifies where to display the linked resource. In HTML4, this is the name of, or a keyword for, a frame. In HTML5, it is a name of, or keyword for, a browsing context (for example, tab, window, or inline frame). The following keywords have special meanings:
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type |
This attribute specifies the media type in the form of a MIME type for the link target. Generally, this is provided strictly as advisory information; however, in the future a browser might add a small icon for multimedia types. For example, a browser might add a small speaker icon when type is set to audio/wav. For a complete list of recognized MIME types, see http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/references.html#ref-MIMETYPES. Use this attribute only if the href attribute is present. |
Browser Compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) |
referrer |
No support | 42 (42)[1] | No support | No support | No support |
Feature | Android | Android Webview | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mini | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile | Chrome for Android |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | ? | (Yes) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | (Yes) |
referrer |
No support | No support | 42.0 (42)[1] | No support | No support | No support | No support | No support |
[1] From Firefox 42 to Firefox 44, the attribute was called referrer
.
Notes
Under the HTML 3.2, 4.0, and 5 specifications, the closing tag </area>
is forbidden.
The XHTML 1.0 specification requires a trailing slash: <area />
.
The id, class, and style attributes have the same meaning as the core attributes defined in the HTML 4 specification, but only Netscape and Microsoft define them.
Netscape 1–level browsers do not understand the target attribute as it relates to frames.
HTML 3.2 defines only alt, coords, href, nohref, and shape.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
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Referrer Policy The definition of 'referrerpolicy attribute' in that specification. |
Working Draft | Added the referrerpolicy attribute. |
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of '<area>' in that specification. |
Living Standard | |
HTML5 The definition of '<area>' in that specification. |
Recommendation | |
HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of '<area>' in that specification. |
Recommendation |
License
© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/html/element/area