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Area shape Property

Area Object Reference Area Object

Definition and Usage

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

The shape attribute specifies the shape of an area.

Syntax

areaObject.shape=value

The shape property can have one of the following values:

Value Description
default Specifies the entire region
rect Defines a rectangular region
circle Defines a circular region
poly Defines a polygonal region


Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The shape property is supported in all major browsers.


Example

Example

Return the shape 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>The shape for the "Venus" area is:
<script type="text/javascript">
document.write(document.getElementById("venus").shape);
</script>
</p>

</body>
</html>

The output of the code above will be:

The shape for the "Venus" area is: circle

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Area Object Reference Area Object
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