HTML DOM Area Object

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# HTML DOM Area Object

## Area Object

The Area object represents an area of an image-map (An image-map is an image with clickable regions).

For each instance of an <area> tag in an HTML document, an Area object is created.

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, O: Opera, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard).

### Area Object Properties

Property | Description | IE | F | O | W3C
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
accessKey | Sets or returns the keyboard key to access an area | 5 | 1 | No | Yes
alt | Sets or returns an alternate text to be displayed, if a browser cannot show an area | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
coords | Sets or returns the coordinates of a clickable area in an image-map | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
hash | Sets or returns the anchor part of the URL in an area | 4 | 1 | No | No
host | Sets or returns the hostname and port of the URL in an area | 4 | 1 | No | No
href | Sets or returns the URL of a link in an image-map | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
id | Sets or returns the id of an area | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes
noHref | Sets or returns whether an area should be active or inactive | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
pathname | Sets or returns the pathname of the URL in an area | 4 | 1 | 9 | No
protocol | Sets or returns the protocol of the URL in an area | 4 | 1 | 9 | No
search | Sets or returns the query string part of the URL in an area | 4 | 1 | 9 | No
shape | Sets or returns the shape of an area in an image-map | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
tabIndex | Sets or returns the tab order for an area | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
target | Sets or returns where to open the link-URL in an area | 4 | 1 | 9 | Yes

### Standard Properties

Property | Description | IE | F | O | W3C
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
className | Sets or returns the class attribute of an element | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
dir | Sets or returns the direction of text | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
lang | Sets or returns the language code for an element | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes
title | Sets or returns an element's advisory title | 5 | 1 | 9 | Yes

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