HTML 5 <area> Tag
The HTML <area> tag is used for defining an area in an image map. Image maps are images with clickable areas (sometimes referred to as "hotspots") that usually link to another page.
Note that this tag is always nested within the <map> tag.
Example
Modify the code below, then click "Update". See below for attributes.
Attributes
HTML tags can contain one or more attributes. Attributes are added to a tag to provide the browser with more information about how the tag should appear or behave. Attributes consist of a name and a value separated by an equals (=) sign, with the value surrounded by double quotes. Here's an example, style="color:black;".
There are 3 kinds of attributes that you can add to your HTML tags: Element-specific, global, and event handler content attributes.
The attributes that you can add to this tag are listed below.
Element-Specific Attributes
The following table shows the attributes that are specific to this tag/element.
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| alt | Alternate text. This specifies text to be used in case the browser/user agent can't render the image. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| coords | Specifies the coordinates of the clickable area. Coordinates are specified as follows:
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| shape | Defines a shape for the clickable area. Possible values:
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| href | Specifies the URL of a page or the name of the anchor that the link goes to. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| target | Specifies the target frame to load the page into. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ping | Gives the URLs to be notified if the user follows the hyperlink. Only to be used when the href attribute is present.
Value: [The value must be a space separated list of one or more valid URLs.] |
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| rel | Describes the relationship between the current document and the destination URI. Only to be used when the href attribute is present. Multiple values can be provided, separated by a space.
Possible values:
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| media | Specifies which media the target URL uses. Only to be used when the href attribute is present.
Value: [The value must be a valid media query. The default value is |
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| hreflang | Language code of the destination URL. Only to be used when the href attribute is present. |
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| type | Specifies the MIME type of the linked resource. Only to be used when the href attribute is present. |
Global Attributes
The following attributes are standard across all HTML 5 tags.
| accesskey | hidden | itemtype |
| class | id | lang |
| contenteditable | inert | spellcheck |
| contextmenu | itemid | style |
| dir | itemprop | tabindex |
| draggable | itemref | title |
| dropzone | itemscope | translate |
For a full explanation of these attributes, see HTML 5 global attributes.
Event Handler Content Attributes
Event handler content attributes enable you to invoke a script from within your HTML. The script is invoked when a certain "event" occurs. Each event handler content attribute deals with a different event.
Here are the standard HTML 5 event handler content attributes.
| onabort | onerror* | onmousewheel |
| onblur* | onfocus* | onpause |
| oncanplay | onformchange | onplay |
| oncanplaythrough | onforminput | onplaying |
| onchange | oninput | onprogress |
| onclick | oninvalid | onratechange |
| oncontextmenu | onkeydown | onreadystatechange |
| ondblclick | onkeypress | onscroll |
| ondrag | onkeyup | onseeked |
| ondragend | onload* | onseeking |
| ondragenter | onloadeddata | onselect |
| ondragleave | onloadedmetadata | onshow |
| ondragover | onloadstart | onstalled |
| ondragstart | onmousedown | onsubmit |
| ondrop | onmousemove | onsuspend |
| ondurationchange | onmouseout | ontimeupdate |
| onemptied | onmouseover | onvolumechange |
| onended | onmouseup | onwaiting |
For a full explanation of these attributes, see HTML 5 event handler content attributes.