<map> ... </map>
Available in versions: 3.2, 4.0
The <map> tag is used to create a client-side image map
which is divided into two or more mouse-sensitive regions.
For example, when you click onto a specific region of the image map, a hyperlink
could send you to a target page or a pop-up window could display some information.
The map element essentially serves as a container for the code that
creates and implements the image map.
For example, this code could be a series of area tags that are used to set
image coordinates and to assign a hyperlink to each region of the image map.
Also, since the image map is mouse-sensitive, you could also use any of the
onmouse core attributes to capture a mouse event and execute a JavaScript code.
The closing tag is mandatory.
Core Attributes
class
dir
id
lang
onclick
ondblclick
onkeydown
onkeypress
onkeyup
onmousedown
onmousemove
onmouseout
onmouseover
onmouseup
style
title
Attributes
name
The name attribute is a string of characters that is used to label the
map with a name.
The name must be unique to that document and cannot be reused.
The value for this attribute is case-sensitive.
The area and map tags are used on the DevGuru site to create
image mapped links for the indexes to the various Quick References.
For example, this is the code used for the ASP Quick Reference.
These links are active and will take you to the ASP indexes.
Code:
<img border="0" src="/technologies/asp/quickref/images/method_event_property.gif" usemap="#methodproperty">
<br>
<map name="methodproperty">
<area shape="rect" coords="192,0,248,26" href="/technologies/asp/quickref/properties.html">
<area shape="rect" coords="133,0,191,26" href="/technologies/asp/quickref/collections.html">
<area shape="rect" coords="90,0,134,22" href="/technologies/asp/quickref/events.html">
<area shape="rect" coords="43,0,89,22" href="/technologies/asp/quickref/methods.html">
</map>
Output:
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