HTMLAreaElement : HTMLElement
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Represents either a hyperlink with some text and a corresponding area on an image map, or a dead area on an image map.

Platform Support

Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
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Constructors

Constructor Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
HTMLAreaElement Constructor() : HTMLAreaElement
Area or hyperlink in an HTML document.
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HTMLAreaElement() : HTMLAreaElement

Area or hyperlink in an HTML document.

Returns
HTMLAreaElement

Visibility
internal

Properties

Property Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
alt : String
Alternate text for an area.
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coords : String
Coordinates of an area.
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shape : String
Shape of an area.
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href : String
Specifies that an area has no associated link.
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target : String
Specifies where to open the linked page specified in the href attribute.
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ping : String
Gives the URLs to be notified if the user follows the hyperlink. Only to be used when the href attribute is present.
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rel : String
Describes the relationship between the current document and the destination URI. Only to be used when the href attribute is present.
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relList : DOMTokenList
A list of relationships between the current document and the destination URI.
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media : String
Specifies which media the target URL uses. Only to be used when the href attribute is present.
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hreflang : String
Language code of the destination URL. Only to be used when the href attribute is present.
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type : String
Specifies the MIME type of the linked resource. Only to be used when the href attribute is present.
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Inherited Functions

Method Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
getElementsByClassName(String classNames) : NodeList
Returns a NodeList containing all the Element nodes with the specified classNames.
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Parameters
String classNames (one-or-more)A string representing the class name(s) of the elements to return. Multiple class names should be separated by spaces.

Returns
NodeList

Using getElementsByClassName

                        	                    document.getElementById("useCases").getElementsByClassName("question");

Would return a NodeList of all elements inside the element with the id "useCases" to which the class "question" applies.

                        	                    document.getElementById("useCases").getElementsByClassName("question issue");

Would return a NodeList of all elements inside the element with the id "useCases" to which both the classes "question" and "issue" apply.

Remarks

Returns a list of child elements to which the specified className applies. The returned NodeList is sorted in tree order (the order the elements were found during a depth-first preorder traversal through the node tree).

See Also

Document.getElementsByClassName|Element.getElementsByClassName|HTMLDocument.getElementsByClassName

Availability

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Examples

References

HTMLAreaElement

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