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HTML area tag and element

1. HTML area element defines a region within a client-side image map.

2. area element starts with <area> tag and does not have any end tag.

Syntax

<area ....  / >

Category

HTML area element is a part of HTML object, image and applet.

Whether both start and end tags are required

The start tag is required but end tag is forbidden.

Can contain

HTML area element can contain one or more area or Block-level elements.

Can reside within

HTML area element can reside within Inline elements and Block-level elements.

Attributes

shape, coords, nohref, usemap.

Identifiers

id, class.

language information and text direction

lang, dir.

Title

Title.

Style

Style.

Submitting objects with forms

name.

Alternate text

alt.

Anchor reference

href.

Frame target information

target.

Tabbing navigation

tabindex.

Access keys

accesskey.

Image maps

shape.

Events

onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup, onfocus, onblur.

alternate text

alt.

client side image maps

ismap, usemap.

visual presentation

align, width, height.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 Strict, HTML 4.01 Transitional, and HTML 4.01 Frameset.

Example of using HTML area element

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>html area tag example</title>
</head>
<body>
<img src="html-area-tag.gif" alt="area example " width="308" height="190" border="0" usemap="#Map">
<map name="Map">
<area shape="rect" coords="8,5,100,77" href="../../mysql/mysql-tutorials.php" target="_blank" alt="mysql tutorial">
<area shape="circle" coords="155,93,59" href="../../php/php-home.php" target="_blank" alt="php tutorial">
<area shape="rect" coords="197,136,306,188" href="../../sql/sql-tutorials.php" alt="sql tutorials">
</map>
</body>
</html>

Result

html area element

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HTML area tag example.

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