HTML5 <area> Tag

Example

An image-map, with clickable areas:

<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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Definition and Usage

The <area> tag defines an area inside an image-map (an image-map is an image with clickable areas).

The area element is always nested inside a <map> tag.

Note: The usemap attribute in the <img> tag is associated with the map element's name attribute, and creates a relationship between the image and the map.

Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

HTML5 has some new attributes, and some HTML 4.01 attributes are no longer supported.

Attributes

New : New in HTML5.

Attribute Value Description
alt text Specifies an alternate text for the area. Required if the href attribute is present
coords

coordinates

 Specifies the coordinates of an area
href URL Specifies the target URL of the area
hreflangNew language_code Specifies the language of the target URL
mediaNew media query Specifies what media/device the target URL is optimized for. Default value: all
nohref nohref Not supported in HTML5
relNew alternate
archives
author
bookmark
external
first
help
index
last
license
next
nofollow
noreferrer
prefetch
prev
search
sidebar
tag
up		 Specifies the relationship between the current document and the target URL
shape rect
rectangle
circ
circle
poly
polygon		 Specifies the shape of the area
target _blank
_parent
_self
_top
framename		 Specifies where to open the target URL
typeNew mime_type Specifies the MIME type of the target URL

Standard Attributes

The <area> tag also supports the Standard Attributes in HTML5.

Event Attributes

The <area> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML5.