HTML DOM Area Object

Area Object

The Area object represents an HTML <area> element.

You can access an <area> element by using getElementById():

var x = document.getElementById("myArea");

You can create an <area> element by using the document.createElement() method:

var x = document.createElement("AREA");

Property	Description
alt	Sets or returns the value of the alt attribute of an area
coords	Sets or returns the value of the coords attribute of an area
hash	Sets or returns the anchor part of the href attribute value
host	Sets or returns the hostname and port part of the href attribute value
hostname	Sets or returns the hostname part of the href attribute value
href	Sets or returns the value of the href attribute of an area
noHref	Not supported in HTML5. Sets or returns the value of the nohref attribute of an area
origin	Returns the protocol, hostname and port part of the href attribute value
password	Sets or returns the password part of the href attribute value
pathname	Sets or returns the pathname part of the href attribute value
port	Sets or returns the port part of the href attribute value
protocol	Sets or returns the protocol part of the href attribute value
search	Sets or returns the querystring part of the href attribute value
shape	Sets or returns the value of the shape attribute of an area
target	Sets or returns the value of the target attribute of an area
username	Sets or returns the username part of the href attribute value

The Area object also supports the standard properties and events.

HTML reference: HTML <area> tag

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