The HTML shape Attribute is used to specify the size of an <area> element. It is mainly used with the coords attribute to specify the size, shape and placement of a <area> element.
Applicable:
Syntax:
<area shape="value">
Example:
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
HTML shape Attribute
</ title >
</ head >
< body style = "text-align:center;" >
< h1 >
GeeksForGeeks
</ h1 >
< h2 >
HTML shape Attribute
</ h2 >
< img src =
alt = "alt_attribute"
width = "300"
height = "119"
class = "aligncenter"
usemap = "#shapemap" />
< map name = "shapemap" >
< area shape = "poly"
coords = "59, 31, 28, 83, 91, 83"
href =
alt = "Triangle" >
< area shape = "circle"
coords = "155, 56, 26"
href =
alt = "Circle" >
< area shape = "rect"
coords = "224, 30, 276, 82"
href =
alt = "Square" >
</ map >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:
Before click on specific shape:

After click on specific shape:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML shape Attribute are listed below:
- Google Chrome 4.0
- Internet Explorer 9.0
- Firefox 3.6
- Safari 4.0
- Opera 10.5
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Last Updated :
15 Dec, 2021
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