HTML Map name attribute

Example

An image-map, with clickable areas:

<img src="planets.gif" width="145" height="126" alt="Planets" usemap="#planetmap" /> <map name="planetmap">   <area shape="rect" coords="0,0,82,126" href="sun.htm" alt="Sun" />   <area shape="circle" coords="90,58,3" href="mercur.htm" alt="Mercury" />   <area shape="circle" coords="124,58,8" href="venus.htm" alt="Venus" /> </map>

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Definition and Usage

The required name attribute specifies the name of an image-map.
The name attribute is associated with the <img>'s usemap attribute and creates a relationship between the image and the map.
The map element contains a number of area elements, that defines the clickable areas in the image map.

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Browser Support

The name attribute is supported in all major browsers.

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Syntax

<map name="value">

Attribute Values

Value	Description
mapname	The name of an image-map