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<map>

The <map> is used with <area> elements to define an image map (a clickable link area).

Content categories	Flow content, phrasing content, palpable content.
Permitted content	Any transparent element.
Tag omission	None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
Permitted parents	Any element that accepts phrasing content.
Permitted ARIA roles	None
DOM interface	`HTMLMapElement`

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

name: The name attribute gives the map a name so that it can be referenced. The attribute must be present and must have a non-empty value with no space characters. The value of the name attribute must not be a compatibility-caseless match for the value of the name attribute of another map element in the same document. If the id attribute is also specified, both attributes must have the same value.

Example

<map name="primary">
  <area shape="circle" coords="75,75,75" href="left.html">
  <area shape="circle" coords="275,75,75" href="right.html">
</map>
<img usemap="#primary" src="https://placehold.it/350x150" alt="350 x 150 pic">

Live Example

Expected live example output

The live example above should appear similar to the following images (when using your keyboard tab key):

For the left.html link:

For the right.html link

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of '<map>' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5 The definition of '<map>' in that specification.	Recommendation
HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of '<map>' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

Feature	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	1	Yes	1¹ ²	Yes	Yes	1
`name`	1	Yes	1	Yes	Yes	1

Feature	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge mobile	Firefox for Android	IE mobile	Opera Android	iOS Safari
Basic support	1	1	Yes	4	Yes	Yes	Yes
`name`	1	1	Yes	4	Yes	Yes	Yes

1. Before Firefox 5, in Quirks Mode, empty maps were longer skipped over in favor of non-empty ones when matching.

2. Before Firefox 17, the default styling of the <map> HTML element was display: block;. This is now display: inline; and matches the behavior of the other browsers. It was already the case in Quirks Mode.