Web/HTML/Element/map

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

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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.
Implicit ARIA role	No corresponding role
Permitted ARIA roles	No role permitted
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.

Examples

<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">

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: [[File:../../../../../../media.prod.mdn.mozit.cloud/attachments/2017/02/02/14595/e088d8deeee4ecc34b579febaa73b7b2/Screen%20Shot%202017-02-02%20at%2010.48.40%20PM.png]]

For the right.html link [[File:../../../../../../media.prod.mdn.mozit.cloud/attachments/2017/02/02/14597/6db4dddcc96cf5a641ef7692b4b14510/Screen%20Shot%202017-02-02%20at%2010.49.04%20PM.png]]

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of '<map>' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5The definition of '<map>' in that specification.	Recommendation
HTML 4.01 SpecificationThe definition of '<map>' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
map	Chrome Full support 1	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1 Notes' Full support 1 Notes' Notes' Before Firefox 5, in Quirks Mode, empty maps were no longer skipped over in favor of non-empty ones when matching. Notes' 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.	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 1	WebView Android Full support 1	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0
name	Chrome Full support 1	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 1	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support 1	WebView Android Full support 1	Chrome Android Full support 18	Firefox Android Full support 4	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

See implementation notes.'

See implementation notes.

See also

• <a>
• <area>

<map> by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.