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Area href Property

Area Object Reference 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

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The href property is supported in all major browsers.


Example

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 type="text/javascript">
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 Reference Area Object

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