Area Tag in HTML

In this article, we will learn about Area Tag in HTML. Area Tag defines a hotspot in an image map and associates or links with a hypertext reference to allow a user to be clickable on the web page. It helps link the different pages while a map portion is clicked. And a tag becomes useful when there is a need for multiple links on the image.

Syntax

The basic syntax is given below:

<area alt="text" class=" " coords=" " shape> ;

Here alt is used for alternate text if an image is not rendered.

• class: Defines a class name for an element.
• coords: Has a set of values for the shapes.

With an image map, the syntax is:

<img  area tag in html="# name" src="path%20loacation" alt="Area Tag in HTML" >
<map name=" name">
<area shape="shapeName1" coords="x,y coordinates" href="html%20linkPath">
<area shape="shapeName2" coords=" x,y coordinates " href="htmllinkPath">
</map>

Explanation: This is an empty tag with no closing tags, whereas, in the case of XHTML, it is declared as . And this area tag is always embedded with

How does area Tag work in HTML?

Here is the process to make it through; initially, the image in the image map.

1. To insert an image to the page, we are supposed to use an image tag which is given below:

<img src="edu.jpg" alt="Area Tag in HTML logo"> // image from the saved folder. Also, we can get from the web URL directly and map with <map> tag.</map>

It comes with src attributes: Source and alt-text describing the image content.

2. Secondly, open the map element with the attribute #map. This image tag comes with a use map followed by the ‘#’ symbol (use map =” #map”). Mapname should be the same name as the Area Tag in HTML.

How to create an image map? Using map and name attributes together to have images and maps together. The browser recognizes the area of the shape when the mouse cursor over the screen becomes a pointer(hand symbol).

3. To declare the areas that are to be used to map.

<area shape="rect" cords='…….href="" ' alt="">
href comes with alt attribute by default.

Attributes

In general, HTML tags have one or more attributes that help show the browser visually pleasant. There are three varieties of attributes used, namely global, event handling, and element-specific attributes. The area tag contributes tag-specific attributes, and a description of them, which are listed below, and the HTML 5 has some new attributes.

1. Tag-Specific Attributes

Name of Attributes	Description	Example
alt	Defines an alternate text in the specified area which improves accessibility.
href	Defines the hyper reference means a link to the next page points/ URL of a Page. It changes an area into a hyperlink.
shape	Defines the different shapes to be done on the image.
coords	Gives the specific values appropriate to the region in the image. The  Coords are specified as follows : Default: no cords required. Rect: left, top, right, bottom Circle : x , y ,radius Poly: x1,y1, x2,y2,x3,y3…
target	Specifies where to open the link page, or I can say the end target page.
Nohref	Defines that absence of href. This means the area doesn’t have a link to next page
type	Specifies the content type (MIME)
hreflang	Specifies language-type

2. Standard Attributes

The description of these attributes has already been discussed in the previous article.

• Access key
• class
• dir
• id
• Style
• lang
• id
• tab index
• title.

3. Global Attributes

• onmouse down
• onmouse up
• onmouse over
• onmouse move
• onmouse out
• on focus
• on blur
• onkey press
• onkey down
• onkey up.

Examples to Implement Area Tags in HTML

Below are examples of implementing area tags in HTML:

Example #1

In the below example, I have created a jpg image diary.jpg. When u execute the code, the hand tool moves over the image at the specified cords; when you click on it, it directs you to the page rr.html.

Code:

<img  area tag in html="#Diary" src="diary.jpg" alt="Area Tag in HTML" >
<map name="Diary">
<area shape="rect" coords="94,91,189,193" href="rr.html">
</map>

Code: rr.html

hello

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Output:

Example #2

Code:

<img src="edu.jpg" alt="Area Tag in HTML logo"    style="max-width:90%"  style="max-width:90%" area tag in html="#ccmap" class="logo">
<map name="ccmap">
<area shape="rect" coords="89,9,294,50" href="sha.html" alt="Area Tag in HTML">
<area shape="rect" coords="297,7,407,54" href="rr.html" alt="Welcome">
</map>

Code: rr.html

hello

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Code: sha.html

hello

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Output:

The Output below shows the logo of Area Tag in HTML; clicking the word BA directs to the page Hello page.

Example #3

Code:

<img src="new.png" alt="Area Tag in HTML" border="0" area tag in html="#Protocols">
<map name="Protocols">
<area shape="Poly" coords="74,0,113,29,98,72,52,72,38,27" href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/what-is-snmp.html%22" alt="SNMP Tutorial" target="_blank">
<area shape="rect" coords="22,83,126,125" alt="FTP Tutorial" href="https://www.techtarget.com/searchnetworking/definition/File-Transfer-Protocol-FTP" target="_blank">
<area shape="circle" coords="73,168,32" alt="http Tutorial" href="https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/H/HTTP.html" target="_blank">
</map>

Explanation of the above program: In this example, we have created an image map using the image file called new.png, which has three clickable areas declared within it using the tag. The first clickable area is a polygonal shape that links to the SNMP page called www.managengine.com. The second clickable area is a rectangular shape that links to the FTP page called www.searchnetworking.com, and finally, the last clickable area is a circle that links to an HTTP page called www.webopedia.com.

Output:

Output:

Conclusion

Therefore, we have seen how the area tag is used in active areas in switching to the pages with brief information explaining how to use the tag in clickable areas with syntax and demo examples.

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