HTMLAreaElement: protocol property - Web APIs | MDN (original) (raw)

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The protocol property of the HTMLAreaElement interface is a string containing the protocol or scheme of the <area> element's href, including the final ":".

This property can be set to change the protocol of the URL. A ":" is appended to the provided string if not provided. The provided scheme has to be compatible with the rest of the URL to be considered valid.

See URL.protocol for more information.

Value

A string.

Examples

Getting the protocol of an area link

// An <area id="myArea" href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/HTMLAreaElement"> element is in the document
const area = document.getElementById("myArea");
area.protocol; // returns 'https:'

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• The HTMLAreaElement interface it belongs to.