HTML: Map tag

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The <map>….</map> tag is used to define a client-side image-map. An image-map is an image with clickable areas.

The <map>…. </map> tag contains a number of <area> tags, that defines the clickable areas in the image map.

<map name=“mapname” id=“mapname”>……… </map>

Area Tag

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>….</map> tag.

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 the area
download	filename	Specifies that the target will be downloaded when a user clicks on the hyperlink
href	URL	Specifies the hyperlink target for the area
hreflang	language_code	Specifies the language of the target URL
media	media query	Specifies what media/device the target URL is optimized for
shape	default rect circle poly	Specifies the shape of the area
target	_blank _parent _self _top framename	Specifies where to open the target URL
type	media_type	Specifies the media type of the target URL
rel	alternate author bookmark help license next nofollow noreferrer prefetch prev search tag	Specifies the relationship between the current document and the target URL