August 2013
Intermediate to advanced
182 pages
3h 40m
English
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Name
area
Synopsis
<area> (XHTML:
<area/> or <area
/>)
The area element is used within the map element of a
client-side image map to define a specific clickable (“hot”)
area.
Usage
- Categories:
Flow content, phrasing content
- Permitted contexts:
Where phrasing content is expected, but must be contained in a
mapelement- Permitted content:
Empty
- Start/end tags:
This is a void (empty) element, meaning it has only a start tag and may not have any contents. In HTML, the end tag is forbidden. In XHTML, the element must be closed with a trailing slash (
<area/>or<area />).
Attributes
HTML5 Global Attributes
alt="text"Required. Specifies a short description of the image that is displayed when the image file is not available.
coords="values"Specifies a list of comma-separated pixel coordinates that define a “hot” area of an image map.
download="file name"WHATWG and HTML5.1 only. Indicates the link is used for downloading a resource. The value is the name the resource file should be given on the local file system once it is downloaded.
href="URI"Specifies the location of the document or resource that is accessed by clicking or tapping on the defined area.
hreflang="language code"Not in HTML 4.01. Specifies the language of the target document.
media="all|aural|braille|handheld|print|projection|screen|tty|tv"Not in HTML 4.01. HTML5 only. Describes the media for which the target document was designed. The default is
all. This attribute has been removed in HTML5.1 and WHATWG.ping="URLs"WHATWG only. Specifies a
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