HTML | <area> type Attribute

The <area> type attribute is used to specify the Internet media type of the linked document. It is used only when href attribute is set.
Syntax:

<area type="media_type">

Note: This attribute is not supported in HTML5.

Attribute Values: It contains single value media_type which is used to specify the Internet media type of the embedded file.
Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html> 

<html> 
 
<head> 

    <title>

        HTML area type Attribute

    </title> 

</head> 
 
<body style="text-align:center;"> 

    <img src= 
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190227165729/area11.png"

        alt="" 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" type="image/png"> 

        <area shape="circle"

            coords="155, 56, 26"

href="https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190227165934/area3.png"

            alt="Circle" type="image/png"> 

        <area shape="rect"

            coords="224, 30, 276, 82"

href="https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190227170021/area4.png"

            alt="Square" type="image/png"> 

    </map> 

</body> 
 
</html>

Output:

Before click on specific clickable area:

After click on specific clickable area:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML <area> type attribute are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Safari
Opera

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