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Define an Area in an Image Map with HTML
Use the <area> tag to define area in an image map in HTML.
The HTML <area> tag supports the following additional attributes −
| Attribute |
Value |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alt |
Text |
Specifies an alternate text for the area. |
| coords |
if shape = "rect" then coords = "left, top, right, bottom" |
Specifies the coordinates appropriate to the shape attribute to define a region of an image for image maps. |
download  |
filename |
Specifies that the target gets downloaded when the hyperlink is clicked by the user. |
| Href |
URL |
Specifies the URL of a page or the name of the anchor that the link goes to. |
hreflang  |
language_code |
Specifies the language of the target URL. |
media  |
media query |
Specifies media/device the target URL is optimized for. |
| Nohref |
true/false |
Excludes an area from the image map |
rel  |
alternate author bookmark help license next nofollow noreferrer prefetch prev search tag |
Specifies relationship between the current document and the target URL |
| Shape |
rect rectangle circ circle |
Specifies the shape of the image map |
| poly polygon |
||
| 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 |
type  |
mime_type |
Specifies the MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) type of the target URL. |
Example
You can try to run the following code to implement <area> tag −
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML area Tag</title> </head> <body> <img src = /images/usemap.gif alt = "usemap" border = "0" usemap = "#tutorials"/> <map name = "tutorials"> <area shape = "poly" coords = "74,0,113,29,98,72,52,72,38,27" href="/https/www.tutorialspoint.com/perl/index.htm" alt = "Perl Tutorial" target = "_blank" /> <area shape = "rect" coords = "22,83,126,125" alt = "HTML Tutorial" href="/https/www.tutorialspoint.com/html/index.htm" target = "_blank" /> <area shape = "circle" coords = "73,168,32" alt = "PHP Tutorial" href="/https/www.tutorialspoint.com/php/index.htm" target = "_blank" /> </map> </body> </html>
Updated on: 2020-03-03T06:28:47+05:30
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