<img src=map.jpg usemap="#sections">
<map name="sections">
<area shape="circle" coords="62,39,25" href="my_area1.php"
alt="Going to Area 1">
<area shape="rect" coords="213,36,378,93" href="my_area2.php"
alt="Going to Area 2">
<area shape="poly" coords="255,224,320,224,321,200,255,224"
href="my_area3.php" alt="to Area 3">
</map>
Clickable areas on an Image
We can link different areas of a image to different pages by creating hyper links on the Image sections. In this single interactive image below we have clickable regions where user can click the different areas and navigate to different sections of this site.
Move Mouse over the image
Check the source code below, we have added help text by using onMuousover and onMouseOut events. The cursor shape is changed by using style command.
HTML
<img src=images/map.jpg usemap="#sections" style=cursor:crosshair;>
<map name="sections">
<area shape="circle" coords="62,39,25" href="../php_tutorial/site_map.php" alt="PHP " target=_blank onMouseOver="setVisibility('inline', 'On PHP, a circle shape x1=62,y1=39,r=25');"
onMouseOut="setVisibility('none','Out of PHP');">
<area shape="rect" coords="213,36,378,93" href="../jquery/site_map.php" alt="JQUERY " target=_blank onMouseOver="setVisibility('inline', 'On JQuery, a rectangular shape x1=213,y1=36,x2=378,y2=93');"
onMouseOut="setVisibility('none','Out of Jquery');">
<area shape="poly" coords="255,224,320,224,321,200,342,212,359,230,359,254,255,254,255,224"
href="../sql_tutorial/site_map.php" alt="My SQL " target=_blank
onMouseOver="setVisibility('inline', 'On MySQL, a poly shape x1=255,y1=224,x2=320,y2=224,x3=321,y3=200,x4=342,y4=212,x5=359,y5=254,x6=255,y6=254,x7=255,y7=224');"
onMouseOut="setVisibility('none','Out of MySQL');">
<area shape="poly" coords="8,203,15,282,39,290,65,282,71,203,8,203 " href="site_map.php"
alt="HTML " target=_blank onMouseOver="setVisibility('inline', 'On HTML , a poly shape x1=8,y1=203,x2=15,y2=282,x3=39,y3=290,x4=65,y4=282,x5=71,y5=203,x6=8,y6=203');"
onMouseOut="setVisibility('none','Out of HTML');">
</map>
Check the JavaScript and Style code below for the above demo.
Attributes of <AREA>:
Attribute
Description
ALT
A text to be displayed to browser when Image is not shown
COORDS
A set of coordinates of the area on the image. The set value depens on the SHAPE attribute.
HREF
URL of the document linked to
HREFLANG
If href tag is there then this specifies the language of the target.
NAME
It can be refered by script or dom.
MEDIA
About the linked resources
HREFLANG
If href tag is there then this specifies the language of the target.
SHAPE
rect|circle|poly|default: Based on this COORDS take set of values, for RECT it takes x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3,x4,y4. For CIRCLE it is x,y,r ( r is the radious from center at x, y ). For poly it is x1,y1,x2,y2... For default it is the full image.
TARGET
_self|_blank|_parent|_top: How the linked document to open.
Let us try with this example.
<area shape='rect' cords='20,20,50,60'>
Here we have defined one rectangular shape with coordinates given in cords attribute.
We can add the target or href to the above tag like this
Good, i got the idea about html web progrmming language
dany
23-02-2010
it is very useful for the beginners who d'nt about the HTML....
bethel
27-02-2010
this is great. our teacher wants us to make our own webpage. and it sucks! haha! :) thanks for putting the tags.
imran
31-03-2010
its very nice idea about the html web programing
dylan
11-04-2010
thanks this was a lot of help!
surendra
12-01-2012
Dear Sir your tutorials very nice thankyou,
one doubt for me i arrange html &css but not navigation bar linking another page how please tell me thankyou
michael
03-10-2012
Hope this works
✖
We use cookies to improve your browsing experience. . Learn more