HTML <map> name attribute
HTML <map> tag
Example
An image-map, with clickable areas:
<img src="planets.gif"
width="145" height="126"
alt="Planets"
usemap="#planetmap" />
<map
name="planetmap">
<area shape="rect" coords="0,0,82,126" href="sun.htm" alt="Sun" />
<area shape="circle" coords="90,58,3" href="mercur.htm" alt="Mercury" />
<area shape="circle" coords="124,58,8" href="venus.htm" alt="Venus" />
</map> |
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Definition and Usage
The required name attribute specifies the name of an image-map.
The name attribute is
associated with the <img>'s usemap attribute and creates a relationship between
the image and the map.
The map element contains a number of area
elements, that defines the clickable areas in the image map.
Browser Support

The name attribute is supported in all major browsers.
Syntax
Attribute Values
Value |
Description |
mapname |
The name of an image-map |
HTML <map> tag
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