HTML | area Tag - GeeksforGeeks

This <area> tag is used in an HTML document to map a portion of an image to make it clickable by the end-user. It is used to direct the user to different links after the user clicks on the mapped portions of the image. It is used as a child tag of the <map> tag. It has no closing tag and hence it is an empty tag for HTML but incase of XHTML you need to close that properly. HTML5 has some new attributes.

Syntax:

<area>

Attributes of <area> tag:

Value	Description
shape	The shape to be mapped on the image, it can be a “rect” , a “circle” or a “poly”.
coords	The coordinates of the shape
href	href is the link where the user will be directed to after clicking the mapped portion of the image
alt	Alternative text for a clickable area in an image map
download	Download target when hyperlink is clicked.
target	Context in which to open the link resource
hreflang	Language of targeted URL.
media	Optimized URL for media or device.
rel	Relationship between URL and document.
type	Media type of URL

Example: <area> tag in html.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>Area Tag</title> 
    <style> 
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
          
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
<img src= 
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190227165729/area11.png"
         alt="" 
         width="300" 
         height="119" 
         class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-910965"
         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 specfic clickable area
After click on specfic clickable area

Note: This <area> tag is always nested in <map> tag.

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by <area> tag are listed below:

Google Chrome

Internet Explorer

Mozilla Firefox

Opera

Safari

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