HTML | <area> href Attribute
The <area> href attribute is used to specify the URL of the target page. When the href attribute is not present in the <area> an element that it will not be a hyperlink.
Syntax:
<area href="URL">
Attribute Value:
- absolute URL: It points to another website.
- relative URL: It points to a file within a website.
- anchor URL: It points to an anchor within a page.
Example:
html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title> HTML area href Attribute </title> </head> <body style="text-align:center;"> <img src= "https://media.w3wiki.net/wp-content/uploads/20190227165729/area11.png" alt="alt_attribute" width="300" height="119" class="aligncenter" usemap="#shapemap" /> <map name="shapemap"> <!-- area tag contained image. --> <area shape="poly" coords="59, 31, 28, 83, 91, 83" href="https://media.w3wiki.net/wp-content/uploads/20190227165802/area2.png" alt="Triangle"> <area shape="circle" coords="155, 56, 26" href="https://media.w3wiki.net/wp-content/uploads/20190227165934/area3.png" alt="Circle"> <area shape="rect" coords="224, 30, 276, 82" href="https://media.w3wiki.net/wp-content/uploads/20190227170021/area4.png" alt="Square"> </map> </body> </html> |
Output:
- Before click on specific clickable area:
- After click on specific clickable area:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by <area> href attribute are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Edge 12 and above
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox 1 and above
- Safari
- Opera