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Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
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Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition

by Jennifer Niederst Robbins
September 2001
Intermediate to advanced
640 pages
31h 42m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

<area> — NN 2, 3, 4, 6 MSIE 3, 4, 5, 5.5, 6 HTML 4.01 WebTV Opera5

Synopsis

<area> (no end tag)
                  

The area tag is used within the <map> tag of a client-side imagemap to define a specific “hot” (clickable) area. Client-side imagemaps are discussed later in this chapter.

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 imagemap. The specific syntax for the coordinates varies by shape (see Section 11.6 later in this chapter).

href= url

Specifies the URL of the document or file that is accessed by clicking on the defined area.

nohref

Defines a “mouse-sensitive” area in an imagemap for which there is no action when the user clicks in the area.

shape=rect|circle|poly|default

Defines the shape of the clickable area.

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