| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| No | HTML 3.2 |
| IE5.5+ | FF1+ | SA1.3+ | OP9.2+ | CH2+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
Syntax
name="string"
Description
The name
attribute is required to provide a reference for the
map element. The image element
refers to this attribute (through its usemap attribute)
using a combination of the "#" character and the map’s
name attribute, as the example HTML
shows.
Example
Thename attribute provides a means for referencing the
map: <map name="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)"/>
<area shape="rect" coords="136,163,255,230"
href="http://vwkombi.com/" alt="The VW Kombi,
another Aussie icon"/>
</map>
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<p><img src="giant-prawn.jpg" alt="The Giant Prawn at Ballina"
border="0" usemap="#bigthings"/></p>
Value
This attribute can take as its value any name that the developer chooses, so long as it doesn’t contain spaces or special characters.
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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