HTMLMapElement: areas property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The areas
read-only property of the HTMLMapElement
interface returns a collection of <area>
elements associated with the <map>
element.
Value
A HTMLCollection
object of HTMLAreaElement
elements.
Example
html
<map id="image-map">
<area shape="circle" coords="50,50,35" alt="left arrow" />
<area shape="circle" coords="150,50,35" alt="right arrow" />
</map>
<img
usemap="#image-map"
src="left-right-arrow.png"
alt="left right arrow image" />
<output></output>
js
const mapElement = document.getElementById("image-map");
const outputElement = document.querySelector("output");
for (const area of mapElement.areas) {
area.addEventListener("click", (event) => {
outputElement.textContent = `You clicked on the ${area.alt} area.\n\n`;
});
}
Results
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard # dom-map-areas-dev |
Browser compatibility
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