HTMLAreaElement: pathname property

{{ApiRef("HTML DOM")}}

The HTMLAreaElement.pathname property is a string containing an initial '/' followed by the path of the URL not including the query string or fragment (or the empty string if there is no path).

The pathname is {{Glossary("Percent-encoding", "percent-encoded")}} when setting but not percent-decoded when read.

Value

A string.

Examples

// An <area id="myArea" href="/en-US/docs/HTMLAreaElement"> element is in the document
const area = document.getElementById("myArea");
area.pathname; // returns '/en-US/docs/HTMLAreaElement'

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• The {{domxref("HTMLAreaElement")}} interface it belongs to.