<map>

The HTML <map> element is used with <area> elements to define an image map (a clickable link area).

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

name

The name attribute gives the map a name so that it can be referenced. The attribute must be present and must have a non-empty value with no space characters. The value of the name attribute must not be a compatibility-caseless match for the value of the name attribute of another map element in the same document. If the id attribute is also specified, both attributes must have the same value.

Example

<map name="primary">
  <area shape="circle" coords="75,75,75" href="left.html">
  <area shape="circle" coords="275,75,75" href="right.html">
</map>
<img usemap="#primary" src="http://placehold.it/350x150" alt="350 x 150 pic">

Live Example

Expected live example output

The live example above should appear similar to the following images (when using your keyboard tab key):

For the left.html link:

For the right.html link

Specifications

Browser compatibility

1. Before Firefox 5, in Quirks Mode, empty maps were longer skipped over in favor of non-empty ones when matching.

2. Before Firefox 17, the default styling of the <map> HTML element was display: block;. This is now display: inline; and matches the behavior of the other browsers. It was already the case in Quirks Mode.

See also

• <a>
• <area>