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HTML DOM Area Object


Area Object

The Area object represents an area of an image-map (An image-map is an image with clickable regions).

For each instance of an <area> tag in an HTML document, an Area object is created.

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, O: Opera, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard).

Area Object Properties

Property Description IE F O W3C
accessKey Sets or returns the keyboard key to access an area 5 1 No Yes
alt Sets or returns an alternate text to be displayed, if a browser cannot show an area 5 1 9 Yes
coords Sets or returns the coordinates of a clickable area in an image-map 5 1 9 Yes
hash Sets or returns the anchor part of the URL in an area 4 1 No No
host Sets or returns the hostname and port of the URL in an area 4 1 No No
href Sets or returns the URL of a link in an image-map 4 1 9 Yes
id Sets or returns the id of an area 4 1 9 Yes
noHref Sets or returns whether an area should be active or inactive 5 1 9 Yes
pathname Sets or returns the pathname of the URL in an area 4 1 9 No
protocol Sets or returns the protocol of the URL in an area 4 1 9 No
search Sets or returns the query string part of the URL in an area 4 1 9 No
shape Sets or returns the shape of an area in an image-map 5 1 9 Yes
tabIndex Sets or returns the tab order for an area 5 1 9 Yes
target Sets or returns where to open the link-URL in an area 4 1 9 Yes

Standard Properties

Property Description IE  F O W3C
className Sets or returns the class attribute of an element 5 1 9 Yes
dir Sets or returns the direction of text 5 1 9 Yes
lang Sets or returns the language code for an element 5 1 9 Yes
title Sets or returns an element's advisory title 5 1 9 Yes


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