HTML | <area> shape Attribute

Last Updated : 20 Jul, 2022

The HTML area shape Attribute is used with the coords attribute to describe the size, shape, and placement of a <area> element.

Syntax:

<area shape="default | rect | circle | poly">

Attribute Values:

default: It is used to specify the entire region.
rect: It is used to specify the rectangular region.
circle: It is used to specify a circular region.
poly: It is used to specify the polygonal region.

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        HTML area shape Attribute
    </title>
</head>
 
<body style="text-align:center;">
    <h1>
        GeeksForGeeks
    </h1>
    <h2>
          HTML <area> shape Attribute
    </h2>
    <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>