An image-map, with clickable areas:
The <map> tag is used to define a client-side image-map. An image-map is an image with clickable areas.
The required name attribute of the <map> element is associated with the <img>'s usemap attribute and creates a relationship between the image and the map.
The <map> element contains a number of <area> elements, that defines the clickable areas in the image map.
Element | |||||
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<map> | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Note: In HTML5, if the id attribute of the <map> tag is also specified, it must have the same value as the name attribute.
In XHTML, the name attribute is deprecated, and will be removed. Use the global id attribute instead.
Attribute | Value | Description |
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name | mapname | Required. Specifies the name of an image-map |
The <map> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
The <map> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
HTML DOM reference: Map Object
Most browsers will display the <map> element with the following default values: