HTML DOM Area Object

Area Object

The Area object defines an area of an image-map. An image-map is an image with clickable regions.

The Area object's properties and events are described below:

N: Netscape (including Mozilla when N6 or higher), IE: Internet Explorer, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard)

Syntax: object.property_name

Property	Description	N	IE	W3C
accessKey	Sets or returns the keyboard key to access the area object		4	Yes
alt	Sets or returns an alternate text for browsers that cannot show an area	6	5	Yes
coords	Sets or returns a comma-separated list of lengths that defines the clickable area	6	5	Yes
hash	Sets or returns the anchor part of the URL (begins with a #)	3	4	No
host	Sets or returns the hostname and port of the URL	3	4	No
hostname	Sets or returns the server name and domain name/IP address of the URL	3	4	No
href	Sets or returns the entire URL	3	4	Yes
id	Sets or returns the id of the area object (In IE 4 this property is read-only)		4	No
noHref	Sets or returns if the area should be inactive	6	5	Yes
pathname	Sets or returns the pathname of the URL	3	4	No
port	Sets or returns the URL port the server uses	3	4	No
protocol	Sets or returns the URL protocol (including the first colon) e.g "http:", "https:"	3	4	No
search	Sets or returns the URL query string section (including the question mark (?))	3	4	No
shape	Sets or returns the shape of the area	6	5	Yes
tabIndex	Sets or returns the tab order of the area object		5	Yes
target	Sets or returns URL link's target name	3	4	Yes

Syntax: object.event_name="someJavaScriptCode"

Event	Description	N	IE
onClick	Executes some code when a Click event occurs	3	4
onDblClick	Executes some code when a Doubleclick event occurs	3	4
onMouseOut	Executes some code when a Mouseout event occurs	3	4
onMouseOver	Executes some code when a Mouseover event occurs	3	4