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<map> - HTML 5

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.


Syntax

    <img src="planets.gif"      width="145" height="126"      alt="Planets"      usemap="#planetmap">
      <map       name="planetmap">             <area shape="rect" coords="0,0,82,126" href="sun.htm" alt="Sun">             <area shape="circle" coords="90,58,3" href="mercur.htm" alt="Mercury">             <area shape="circle" coords="124,58,8" href="venus.htm" alt="Venus">      </map>


Example

    <img src="planets.gif"      width="145" height="126"      alt="Planets"      usemap="#planetmap">
      <map       name="planetmap">             <area shape="rect" coords="0,0,82,126" href="sun.htm" alt="Sun">             <area shape="circle" coords="90,58,3" href="mercur.htm" alt="Mercury">             <area shape="circle" coords="124,58,8" href="venus.htm" alt="Venus">      </map>


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