HTML | <area> coords Attribute (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 20 Jul, 2022

The coords attribute is used to specify the coordinate of an area in an image-map. It is used with shape attribute to specify the size, shape, and placement of an area. (0, 0) is the coordinate of the top-left corner.
Syntax:

Attribute Values:

• x1, y1, x2, y2: It specifies the coordinate of top-left (x1, y1) and bottom-right (x2, y2) corner of the rectangle.
• x, y, radius: It specifies the center coordinates (x, y) and radius (radius) of circle.
• x1, y1, x2, y2, .., xn, yn: It specifies the coordinates of polygon. If the first and last coordinate pairs are not the same, the browser will add the last coordinate pair to close the polygon.

Example:

html `

<map name="shapemap">
    
    <!-- area tag contained image. -->
    <area shape="poly" coords="59, 31, 28, 83, 91, 83" href=

"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190227165802/area2.png" alt="Triangle">

    <area shape="circle" coords="155, 56, 26" href=

"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190227165934/area3.png" alt="Circle">

    <area shape="rect" coords="224, 30, 276, 82" href=

"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190227170021/area4.png" alt="Square">

`

Output:

• Before click on specific clickable area:

• After click on specific clickable area:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by coords attribute are listed below:

• Google Chrome
• Edge 12 and above
• Internet Explorer
• Firefox 1 and above
• Safari
• Opera