HTML | <area> href Attribute Last Updated : 20 Jul, 2022 Improve Improve Like Article Like Save Share Report 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.geeksforgeeks.org/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.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190227165802/area2.png" alt="Triangle"> <area shape="circle" coords="155, 56, 26" href= "https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190227165934/area3.png" alt="Circle"> <area shape="rect" coords="224, 30, 276, 82" href= "https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/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 Like Article Suggest improvement Next HTML <a> href Attribute Share your thoughts in the comments Add Your Comment Please Login to comment...