MAP - clickable map (Not in HTML 2.0!)
Purpose
To provide a mechanism for client-side
image maps.
A MAP element has a name through which it can be referred to in
an IMG element. A MAP element contains
AREA elements which specify hotzones on the
associated image and bind these hotzones to URLs.
Typical rendering
The visual appearance of the document is not directly affected by
a MAP element, but the element, together with associated structures,
makes an image into a clickable map.
Basic syntax
<MAP NAME=name>
AREA elements
</MAP>
Possible attributes
| attribute name | possible values | meaning | notes
|
| NAME
| string
| a name for the map, referable to in USEMAP attributes of
IMG elements
| obligatory; case sensitive
|
Allowed context
Text container, i.e.
any element that may contain text elements.
This includes most HTML elements.
Contents
AREA elements.
Examples
A simple example for a graphical navigational toolbar:
<IMG SRC="navbar.gif" BORDER=0 USEMAP="#map1">
<MAP NAME="map1">
<AREA HREF="guide.html" ALT="Access Guide" SHAPE=RECT COORDS="0,0,118,28">
<AREA HREF="search.html" ALT="Search" SHAPE=RECT COORDS="184,0,276,28">
<AREA HREF="shortcut.html" ALT="Go" SHAPE=RECT COORDS="118,0,184,28">
<AREA HREF="top10.html" ALT="Top Ten" SHAPE=RECT COORDS="276,0,373,28">
</map>
Notes
See
general
description of server side and client side image maps
in the description of the IMG element.
Date of last update:
2010-12-16.