Name
map — HTML 4.01 | HTML5
Synopsis
<map> . . . </map>
Specifies a client-side image map. It contains some number of
area
elements that establish
clickable regions within the image map.
Notes
The map must be named using the name
attribute in HTML documents, the
id
attribute in XHTML documents, or
both for backward compatibility. When both are used, they must have
the same value.
Start/End Tags
Required/Required
Attributes
Core, Internationalization, Events, HTML5 Global Attributes
id="
text
"
Required in XHTML. Gives the map a unique name so that it can be referenced from a link, script, or style sheet.
name="
text
"
Required in HTML 4.01 and 5; deprecated in XHTML 1.0 only; use
id
instead. Gives the image map a name that is then referenced within theimg
element.
Example
<map name="space" id="space"> <area shape="rect" coords="203,23,285,106" href=http://www.nasa.gov alt=""> <area shape="circle" coords="372,64,40" href="mypage.html" alt=""> </map>
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