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The <map> HTML element is used with {{HTMLElement("area")}} elements to define an image map (a clickable link area).

{{InteractiveExample("HTML Demo: <map>", "tabbed-standard")}}

html
<map name="infographic">
  <area
    shape="poly"
    coords="130,147,200,107,254,219,130,228"
    href="https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTML"
    alt="HTML" />
  <area
    shape="poly"
    coords="130,147,130,228,6,219,59,107"
    href="https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/CSS"
    alt="CSS" />
  <area
    shape="poly"
    coords="130,147,200,107,130,4,59,107"
    href="https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript"
    alt="JavaScript" />
</map>
css
img {
  display: block;
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 260px;
  height: 232px;
}

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

  • name
    • : The name attribute gives the map a name so that it can be referenced. The attribute must be present and must have a non-empty value with no space characters. The value of the name attribute must not be equal to the value of the name attribute of another <map> element in the same document. If the id attribute is also specified, both attributes must have the same value.

Examples

Image map with two areas

Click the left-hand parrot for JavaScript, or the right-hand parrot for CSS.

HTML

html
<!-- Photo by Juliana e Mariana Amorim on Unsplash -->
<map name="primary">
  <area
    shape="circle"
    coords="75,75,75"
    href="https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript"
    target="_blank"
    alt="JavaScript" />
  <area
    shape="circle"
    coords="275,75,75"
    href="https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/CSS"
    target="_blank"
    alt="CSS" />
</map>

Result

{{ EmbedLiveSample('Image map with two areas', '', '250') }}

Technical summary

<table class="properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories" >Content categories</a > </th> <td> <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories#flow_content" >Flow content</a >, <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories#phrasing_content" >phrasing content</a >, palpable content. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted content</th> <td> Any <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories#transparent_content_model" >transparent</a > element. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Tag omission</th> <td>None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted parents</th> <td> Any element that accepts <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories#phrasing_content" >phrasing content</a >. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Implicit ARIA role</th> <td> <a href="https://w3c.github.io/html-aria/#dfn-no-corresponding-role" >No corresponding role</a > </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted ARIA roles</th> <td>No <code>role</code> permitted</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">DOM interface</th> <td>{{domxref("HTMLMapElement")}}</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Specifications

{{Specifications}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

  • {{HTMLElement("a")}}
  • {{HTMLElement("area")}}