HTMLMapElement: areas property

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The areas read-only property of the HTMLMapElement interface returns a collection of <area> elements associated with the <map> element.

Value

A HTMLCollection object of HTMLAreaElement elements.

Example

html

<map id="image-map" name="image-map">
 <area shape="circle" coords="50,50,35" href="#left" alt="left arrow" />
 <area shape="circle" coords="150,50,35" href="#right" alt="right arrow" />
</map>
<img
 usemap="#image-map"
 src="left-right-arrow.png"
 alt="left right arrow image" />
<output></output>

output {
 display: block;
}

const mapElement = document.getElementById("image-map");
const outputElement = document.querySelector("output");
for (const area of mapElement.areas) {
 area.addEventListener("click", (event) => {
 outputElement.textContent = `You clicked on the ${area.alt} area.\n\n`;
 });
}