HTML element: <area>
Availability
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Partial support as of BlackBerry®
Device Software version 3.7.
Full support as of BlackBerry®
Device Software version 4.6.
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The <area> element defines an area of an image map. The <area> element is always a child of the <map> element.
Differences between HTML, XHTML, and XHTML-MP
In HTML, the <area> element is not closed. To conform to XHTML, you must properly close the <area> element.
XHTML does not support the <area> element.
Attributes
Attribute
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Value(s)
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Description
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Supported in
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alt
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text
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Required. This attribute specifies alternate text for the area.
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4.6 or later
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coords
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coordinates
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This attribute specifies the coordinates of key points of a shape in an image map. The number and order of the values depend on the value of the shape attribute:
- rect: defines the top left and bottom right corners in the following format:
left, top, right, bottom
- circle: defines the circle center and radius length in the following format: center-x, center-y, radius
- poly: defines each point in the following format: x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, x3, ..., xN, yN
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3.7 or later
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href
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URI
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This attribute specifies the target document for the area.
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3.7 or later
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nohref
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true
false
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This attribute specifies that the area is inactive and does not link to another resource.
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4.6 or later
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shape
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default
rect
circle
poly
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This attribute specifies the shape of a region in an image map.
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3.7 or later
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target
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frame_target
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This attribute specifies where the target document will be opened. The value can be the id attribute of the target frame, or can have one of the following special values:
- _blank: Default. The document opens in a new window.
- _self: The document opens in the current frame.
- _parent: The document opens in the parent frameset.
- _top: The document opens in the full window.
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4.6 or later
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Common attributes
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The <area> element supports the following common attributes:
- class
- dir
- id
- lang
- style
- title
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4.6 or later
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Event attributes
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The <area> element supports the following events:
- onblur
- onclick
- onfocus
- onkeydown
- onkeypress
- onkeyup
- onmousedown
- onmousemove
- onmouseout
- onmouseover
- onmouseup
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4.6 or later
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