| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| No | HTML 3.2 |
| IE5.5+ | FF1+ | SA1.3+ | OP9.2+ | CH2+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
Syntax
Description
The
href defines the destination of the link for this
area. It may be a web page in the same directory, a
page somewhere else on the same server, a location within the current
page, or a document stored on another server.
For a full description
of the href attribute, refer to the entry for the
a element’s
href—its usage and syntax is exactly the
same when applied to an area.
Example
The href
below defines a link to a page on Wikipedia:
<map name="bigthings" id="bigthings">
<area shape="rect" coords="35,4,205,108"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia's_Big_Things"
alt="Australia's Big Things (on Wikipedia)"/>
⋮
</map>
<p><img src="giant-prawn.jpg" alt="The Giant Prawn at Ballina"
border="0" usemap="#bigthings"/></p>
Value
This attribute takes as its value
the location of the destination document relative to the referencing
document, relative to the server root, or as a complete URI containing the
http:// protocol, the server name, and the path to the
document on that server. It may also contain reference to the
ftp: or mailto:
protocols.
Compatibility
| Internet Explorer | Firefox | Safari | Opera | Chrome | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.0 |
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
It causes no compatibility issues, and has excellent support across all tested browsers.
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