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HTML DOM pathname Property

Complete Area Object Reference

Definition and Usage

The pathname property sets or returns the pathname of the link-URL in an area.

Syntax

areaObject.pathname=pathname

Example

The following example returns the pathname of the link-URL in the "Venus" area:

<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="Venus"
href="venus.htm" />
</map>

<p>Venus' pathname: 
<script type="text/javascript">
x=document.getElementById('venus');
document.write(x.pathname);
</script>
</p>

</body>
</html>

Try-It-Yourself Demos

Get the pathname of the link-URL of an area in an image-map

Complete Area Object Reference

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