HTML DOM alt Property
 Complete Area Object Reference
Definition and Usage
The alt property sets or returns an alternate text to be displayed, if a browser cannot
show an area.
Syntax
areaObject.alt=alternate_text
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Example
The following example returns the alternate text for the "Venus" area in the image-map:
<html>
<body>
<img src="planets.gif"
width="145" height="126"
usemap="#planetmap" />
<map name="planetmap">
<area id="venus" shape="circle"
coords="124,58,8"
alt="The planet Venus"
href="venus.htm" />
</map>
<p>Alternate text for "Venus" is:
<script type="text/javascript">
x=document.getElementById('venus');
document.write(x.alt);
</script>
</p>
</body>
</html>
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