JavaScript - Image Map
You can use JavaScript to create client-side image map. Client-side image
maps are enabled by the usemap attribute for the <img /> tag and defined
by special <map> and <area> extension tags.
The image that is going to form the map is inserted into the page using the
<img /> element as normal, except that it carries an extra attribute
called usemap. The value of the usemap attribute is the value of the name
attribute on the <map> element, which you are about to meet, preceded by
a pound or hash sign.
The <map> element actually creates the map for the image and usually
follows directly after the <img /> element. It acts as a container for the
<area /> elements that actually define the clickable hotspots. The <map>
element carries only one attribute, the name attribute, which is the name
that identifies the map. This is how the <img /> element knows which
<map> element to use.
The <area> element specifies the shape and the coordinates that define the
boundaries of each clickable hotspot.
Example
The following code combines imagemaps and JavaScript to produce a
message in a text box when the mouse is moved over different parts of an
image.
<html>
<head>
<title>Using JavaScript Image Map</title>
<script type = "text/javascript">
function showTutorial(name) {
document.myform.stage.value = name
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name = "myform">
<input type = "text" name = "stage" size = "20" />
</form>
<!-- Create Mappings -->
<img src = "usemap.gif" alt = "HTML Map" border = "0" usemap = "#tutorials"/>
<map name = "tutorials">
<area shape="poly"
coords = "74,0,113,29,98,72,52,72,38,27"
href = "index.htm" alt = "Perl Tutorial"
target = "_self"
onMouseOver = "showTutorial('perl')"
onMouseOut = "showTutorial('')"/>
<area shape = "rect"
coords = "22,83,126,125"
href = "index.htm" alt = "HTML Tutorial"
target = "_self"
onMouseOver = "showTutorial('html')"
onMouseOut = "showTutorial('')"/>
<area shape = "circle"
coords = "73,168,32"
href = "index.htm" alt = "PHP Tutorial"
target = "_self"
onMouseOver = "showTutorial('php')"
onMouseOut = "showTutorial('')"/>
</map>
</body>
</html>
