HTML | shape Attribute Last Updated : 15 Dec, 2021 Improve Improve Like Article Like Save Share Report 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: <area> <a> 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= "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 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 Like Article Suggest improvement Previous HTML | kind Attribute Next HTML | DOM onmessage Event Share your thoughts in the comments Add Your Comment Please Login to comment...