<MAP></MAP>

Name and define a client side image map

Element used to enclose the definition of a client side (the viewer's computer) map.

	<html>
        <head>
        <title>A Map Page</title>
        </head>
        <body>
           .
           .
	<img src="img/buttons.gif" usemap="#buttonmap" height=100 width=200 alt="Buttons">
	   .
	   .
==>>    <map name="buttonmap">
          <area href=button1.html alt="button1" shape=rect coords="0,0,100,50">
          <area href=button2.html alt="button2" shape=rect coords="100,0,200,50">
          <area href=button3.html alt="button3" shape=rect coords="0,50,100,100">
          <area href=button4.html alt="button4" shape=rect coords="100,50,200,100">
==>>    </map>
           .
           .
        </body>
        </html>

HTML 3.2 Final

Nothing really major about the tag itself. It's only purpose is to enclose the area elements used to define the coordinates of the map and to give this definition a name.

name: Used to assign a name to the map definition. This is the name referenced in the img element using the usemap attribute. It is case sensitive, which means ButtonMap and buttonmap are NOT the same thing.

Netscape

Nothing special.

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Nothing special.

Internationalization

Nothing special.

Michael T. Rusk
Comments to author: mike@ruskfamily.com

Revised: Sunday, December 30, 2007 11:06 -0500
URL: ./htmlgd/tagmap.html