HTMLAreaElement

Baseline Widely available *

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.

The HTMLAreaElement interface provides special properties and methods (beyond those of the regular object HTMLElement interface it also has available to it by inheritance) for manipulating the layout and presentation of <area> elements.

EventTarget Node Element HTMLElement HTMLAreaElement

Instance properties

Inherits properties from its parent HTMLElement.

HTMLAreaElement.alt

A string that reflects the alt HTML attribute, containing alternative text for the element.

HTMLAreaElement.coords

A string that reflects the coords HTML attribute, containing coordinates to define the hot-spot region.

HTMLAreaElement.download

A string indicating that the linked resource is intended to be downloaded rather than displayed in the browser. The value represent the proposed name of the file. If the name is not a valid filename of the underlying OS, browser will adjust it accordingly.

HTMLAreaElement.hash

A string containing the fragment identifier (including the leading hash mark (#)), if any, in the referenced URL.

HTMLAreaElement.host

A string containing the hostname and port (if it's not the default port) in the referenced URL.

HTMLAreaElement.hostname

A string containing the hostname in the referenced URL.

HTMLAreaElement.href

A string containing that reflects the href HTML attribute, containing a valid URL of a linked resource.

HTMLAreaElement.noHref Deprecated

A boolean flag indicating if the area is inactive (true) or active (false).

HTMLAreaElement.origin Read only

Returns a string containing the origin of the URL, that is its scheme, its domain and its port.

HTMLAreaElement.password

A string containing the password specified before the domain name.

HTMLAreaElement.pathname

A string containing the path name component, if any, of the referenced URL.

HTMLAreaElement.ping

A space-separated list of URLs. When the link is followed, the browser will send POST requests with the body PING to the URLs.

HTMLAreaElement.port

A string containing the port component, if any, of the referenced URL.

HTMLAreaElement.protocol

A string containing the protocol component (including trailing colon ':'), of the referenced URL.

HTMLAreaElement.referrerPolicy

A string that reflects the referrerpolicy HTML attribute indicating which referrer to use when fetching the linked resource.

HTMLAreaElement.rel

A string that reflects the rel HTML attribute, indicating relationships of the current document to the linked resource.

HTMLAreaElement.relList Read only

Returns a DOMTokenList that reflects the rel HTML attribute, indicating relationships of the current document to the linked resource, as a list of tokens.

HTMLAreaElement.search

A string containing the search element (including leading question mark '?'), if any, of the referenced URL.

HTMLAreaElement.shape

A string that reflects the shape HTML attribute, indicating the shape of the hot-spot, limited to known values.

HTMLAreaElement.target

A string that reflects the target HTML attribute, indicating the browsing context in which to open the linked resource.

HTMLAreaElement.username

A string containing the username specified before the domain name.

Instance methods

Inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.

HTMLAreaElement.toString()

Returns a string containing the whole URL. It is a synonym for HTMLAreaElement.href.

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# htmlareaelement

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
HTMLAreaElement
alt
attributionSrc
Experimental
coords
download
hash
host
hostname
href
noHref
Deprecated
origin
password
pathname
ping
port
protocol
referrerPolicy
no-referrer-when-downgrade
origin-when-cross-origin
unsafe-url
rel
relList
search
shape
target
toString
username

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Full support
Full support
Partial support
Partial support
In development. Supported in a pre-release version.
In development. Supported in a pre-release version.
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
See implementation notes.
Uses a non-standard name.
Has more compatibility info.

See also

  • HTML element implementing this interface: <area>