| Version | W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN
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| Element | AREA |
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| Purpose | define region on an imagemap which is a hypertext link |
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| Description | The AREA element is used in the MAP element to define the region on an imagemap which is a hypertext link.
The area that is sensitive is defined in terms of X, Y pixel coordinates. Use a graphics program to find these.
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| Start tag | Required <AREA>
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| Attributes | | Name | Type | Default | Comment |
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| alt | CDATA | #REQUIRED | needed for non-graphical user agents | | coords | CDATA | #IMPLIED | comma separated list of numbers; comma separated list of numbers; defines coordinates for shape | | href | CDATA | #IMPLIED | Uniform Resource Locator; see RFC1808 and RFC1738; this region acts as hypertext link; uniform resource locator | | nohref | ( nohref ) | #IMPLIED | this region has no action | | shape | ( rect | circle | poly ) | rect |
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| Content | EMPTY
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| End tag | Forbidden
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| Referenced in | MAP
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| Example | | Source | Appearance |
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<MAP Name="mymap">
<AREA Shape="rect" Coords="0,0,100,50" Href="http://www.december.com/html/">
</MAP>
<IMG Src="../../images/icon.gif" Usemap="#mymap" Width="100" Height="100" Ismap>
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