HTML <map> Tag

Description:

The <map> tag is used to define a client-side image-map. An image-map is an image with clickable areas. The <map> tag is used along with the <area> and <img> tags to define the image map.

Example Code:
<img alt="Shapes" height="102" src="image/shapes.jpg" style="border: none;" usemap="#shapes" width="375" />
<map name="shapes" id="shapes">
  <area shape="circle" coords="58,50,40" href="javascript:clicked_on('circle');" title="Circle" alt="Circle"/>
  <area shape="rect" coords="136,11,227,89" href="javascript:clicked_on ('rectangle');" title="Rectangle" alt="Rectangle"/>
  <area shape="poly" coords="309,13,358,89,257,89" href="javascript:clicked_on('triangle');" title="Triangle" alt="Triangle"/>
  <area shape="default" nohref="nohref" title="Default" alt="Default"/>
</map>
Result:
Shapes Circle Rectangle Triangle Default
Attributes:
Attribute Definition
name Assigns a name to the image map.
Global Attributes:

The <map> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML5

Event Attributes:

The <map> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML5


Last updated on 2 August 2018 By Rene Spronk

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