HTML map tag

HTML map tag is used to give each image area a link to open on click.

Each area contains a link and you can open the link by clicking on that particular area. A mapping can be done by using <map> tag. This uses the image for mapping.

The name attribute of map tag and the usemap attribute of image tag with map name with # is used to make the relationship between image and mapping.


Output

nature image html map

paragraph list image

Attribute of HTML map tag

Sr. No. Attribute Name Description
1 name This defines the name of the image map.

  • The possible value is mapname

Resources and References

1. W3C Specification.
2. HTML living standard
3. W3C project using Github