Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

map

Synopsis

<map>...</map>

Specifies a client-side image map. It contains some number of area elements that establish clickable regions within the image map. The map must be named using the name attribute in HTML documents, the id attribute in XHTML documents, or both for backwards-compatibility.

Attributes

Core(id, class, style, title), Internationalization, Events

id=" text "

Required. Gives the map a unique name so it can be referenced from a link, script, or style sheet. This attribute is required in the XHTML 1.0 & 1.1 Recommendations.

name=" text "

Required in HTML; Deprecated in XHTML 1.0 only; useidinstead. Gives the image map a name that is then referenced within the img element.