DevGuru HTML Tag: map


			TAG: map
			<map> ... </map> Available in versions: 3.2, 4.0 Browser compatibility: Explorer 4, 5 Netscape 4, 6 The <map> tag is used to create a client-side image map which is divided into two or more mouse-sensitive regions. For example, when you click onto a specific region of the image map, a hyperlink could send you to a target page or a pop-up window could display some information. The map element essentially serves as a container for the code that creates and implements the image map. For example, this code could be a series of area tags that are used to set image coordinates and to assign a hyperlink to each region of the image map. Also, since the image map is mouse-sensitive, you could also use any of the onmouse core attributes to capture a mouse event and execute a JavaScript code. The closing tag is mandatory. Core Attributes class dir id lang onclick ondblclick onkeydown onkeypress onkeyup onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout onmouseover onmouseup style title Attributes name The name attribute is a string of characters that is used to label the map with a name. The name must be unique to that document and cannot be reused. The value for this attribute is case-sensitive. The area and map tags are used on the DevGuru site to create image mapped links for the indexes to the various Quick References. For example, this is the code used for the ASP Quick Reference. These links are active and will take you to the ASP indexes. Code: <img border="0" src="images/asp_method_event_property.gif" usemap="#methodproperty"> <br> <map name="methodproperty"> <area shape="rect" coords="192,0,248,26" href="/technologies/asp/quickref/properties.html"> <area shape="rect" coords="133,0,191,26" href="/technologies/asp/quickref/collections.html"> <area shape="rect" coords="90,0,134,22" href="/technologies/asp/quickref/events.html"> <area shape="rect" coords="43,0,89,22" href="/technologies/asp/quickref/methods.html"> </map> Output: