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Area href Property

Area Object

Definition and Usage

The href property sets or returns the value of the href attribute of an area.

The href attribute specifies the destination of a link in an area.

Syntax

areaObject.href=URL

Browser Support

The href property is supported in all major browsers.

Example

Return the value of the href attribute 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="Venus"
href="venus.htm">
</map>

<p>Value of href attribute for Venus is:
<script>
document.write(document.getElementById("venus").href);
</script>
</p>

</body>
</html>

The output of the code above will be:

Value of href attribute for Venus is:
http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/venus.htm

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Area Object