HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
6.5.3.1. The name attribute
The value of the
name
attribute in the
<map>
tag is the name used by the
usemap
attribute in an
<img>
or
<object>
tag to locate the image-map spe-
cification. The name must be unique and not used by another
<map>
in
the document, but more than one image map may reference the same
<map>
specifications. [
The ismap and usemap attributes, 5.2.6.14
]
6.5.3.2. The class, id, style, and title attributes
The stylesheet display-related
style
and
class
attributes for the
<map>
tag are useful only when the
<map>
tag contains conventional content, in
which case they apply to the content of the tag. [
Inline Styles: The style
The
id
and
title
attributes, on the other hand, are straightforward.
They are standard ways to respectively label the tag for later reference
by a hyperlink or program or to title the section for later review. [
The id
6.5.3.3. The event attributes
The various event attributes allow you to assign JavaScript handlers to
events that may occur within the confines of the map. [
JavaScript Event
6.5.4. The <area> Tag
The guts of a client-side image map are the
<area>
tags within the map
segment. These
<area>
tags define each mouse-sensitive region and the
action the browser should take if the user selects it in an associated
client-side image map.
