To create clickable areas in an image, create an image map, with clickable areas. For example, on clicking a box, the different website opens and on clicking a triangle in the same image, a different website opens.
The <area> tag defines an area inside an image-and nested inside a <map> tag. The following are the attributes:
| Sr.No | Attribute & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | alt The alternate text for the area |
| 2 | coords The coordinates for the area |
| 3 | download The target will download when the hyperlink is clicked |
| 4 | shape The shape of the area |
| 5 | target Where the URL will open |
Example
You can try to run the following code to create clickable areas in an image in HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML area Tag</title> </head> <body> <img src = /images/usemap.gif alt = "usemap" usemap = "#lessons"/> <map name = "lessons"> <area shape = "poly" coords = "74,0,113,29,98,72,52,72,38,27" href = "/perl/index.htm" alt = "Perl Tutorial" target = "_blank" /> <area shape = "rect" coords = "22,83,126,125" alt = "HTML Tutorial" href = "/html/index.htm" target = "_blank" /> <area shape = "circle" coords = "73,168,32" alt = "PHP Tutorial" href = "/php/index.htm" target = "_blank" /> </map> </body> </html>
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