The HTMLAreaElement interface provides special properties and methods (beyond those of the regular object HTMLElement interface it also has available to it by inheritance) for manipulating the layout and presentation of <area> elements.
The HTMLAreaElement interface provides special properties and methods (beyond those of the regular object HTMLElement interface it also has available to it by inheritance) for manipulating the layout and presentation of <area> elements.
Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.
HTMLElement.accessKeyA string containing a single character that switches input focus to the control.
HTMLAreaElement.altA string that reflects the alt HTML attribute, containing alternative text for the element.
HTMLAreaElement.coordsA string that reflects the coords HTML attribute, containing coordinates to define the hot-spot region.
HTMLAreaElement.downloadA string indicating that the linked resource is intended to be downloaded rather than displayed in the browser. The value represent the proposed name of the file. If the name is not a valid filename of the underlying OS, browser will adapt it.
HTMLAreaElement.hashA string containing the fragment identifier (including the leading hash mark (#)), if any, in the referenced URL.
HTMLAreaElement.hostA string containing the hostname and port (if it's not the default port) in the referenced URL.
HTMLAreaElement.hostnameA string containing the hostname in the referenced URL.
HTMLAreaElement.hrefA string containing that reflects the href HTML attribute, containing a valid URL of a linked resource.
HTMLAreaElement.noHref Deprecated
A boolean flag indicating if the area is inactive (true) or active (false).
HTMLAreaElement.origin Read only
Returns a string containing the origin of the URL, that is its scheme, its domain and its port.
HTMLAreaElement.passwordA string containing the password specified before the domain name.
HTMLAreaElement.pathnameA string containing the path name component, if any, of the referenced URL.
HTMLAreaElement.portA string containing the port component, if any, of the referenced URL.
HTMLAreaElement.protocolA string containing the protocol component (including trailing colon ':'), of the referenced URL.
HTMLAreaElement.referrerPolicyA string that reflects the referrerpolicy HTML attribute indicating which referrer to use when fetching the linked resource.
HTMLAreaElement.relA string that reflects the rel HTML attribute, indicating relationships of the current document to the linked resource.
HTMLAreaElement.relList Read only
Returns a DOMTokenList that reflects the rel HTML attribute, indicating relationships of the current document to the linked resource, as a list of tokens.
HTMLAreaElement.searchA string containing the search element (including leading question mark '?'), if any, of the referenced URL.
HTMLAreaElement.shapeA string that reflects the shape HTML attribute, indicating the shape of the hot-spot, limited to known values.
HTMLElement.tabIndexA long containing the element's position in the tabbing order.
HTMLAreaElement.targetA string that reflects the target HTML attribute, indicating the browsing context in which to open the linked resource.
HTMLAreaElement.usernameA string containing the username specified before the domain name.
Inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.
HTMLAreaElement.toString()Returns a string containing the whole URL. It is a synonym for HTMLAreaElement.href.
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # htmlareaelement |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
HTMLAreaElement |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
alt |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
coords |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
download |
54 | 13 | 20 | No | 41 | 10.1 | 54 | 54 | 20 | 41 | 10.3 | 6.0 |
hash |
1 | 12 | 1From Firefox 29 to Firefox 40, the returned value was incorrectly percent-decoded. |
5.5 | 15 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4From Firefox 29 to Firefox 40, the returned value was incorrectly percent-decoded. |
14 | 1 | 1.0 |
host |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5In Internet Explorer 9, the host of an<a> always include the port (e.g. developer.mozilla.org:443), even if there is no explicit port in the href attribute value. |
15 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.0 |
hostname |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | 15 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.0 |
href |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
noHref |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
origin |
32 | 17 | 26Before Firefox 49, results for URL using theblob scheme incorrectly returned null. |
No | 19 | 10 | ≤37 | 32 | 26Before Firefox 49, results for URL using theblob scheme incorrectly returned null. |
19 | 10 | 2.0 |
password |
32 | 79 | 26 | No | 19 | 10 | 4.4.3 | 32 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 2.0 |
pathname |
1 | 12 | 1Before Firefox 53, thepathname and search HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils properties returned the wrong parts of the URL. For example, for a URL of http://z.com/x?a=true&b=false, pathname would return '/x?a=true&b=false' and search would return '', rather than '/x' and '?a=true&b=false' respectively. This has now been fixed. |
5.5 | 15 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4Before Firefox 53, thepathname and search HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils properties returned the wrong parts of the URL. For example, for a URL of http://z.com/x?a=true&b=false, pathname would return '/x?a=true&b=false' and search would return '', rather than '/x' and '?a=true&b=false' respectively. This has now been fixed. |
14 | 1 | 1.0 |
ping |
12 | 17 | 1 | No | 15 | 5.1 | ≤37 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1.0 |
port |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | 15 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.0 |
protocol |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | 15 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1.0 |
referrerPolicy |
5251–52 | 79 | 50 | No | 3938–39 | 14.1 | 5251–52 | 5251–52 | 50 | 41 | 14.5 | 6.05.0–6.0 |
rel |
54 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 41 | 9 | 54 | 54 | 30 | 41 | 9 | 6.0 |
relList |
65 | 18 | 30 | No | 41 | 9 | 65 | 65 | 30 | 41 | 9 | 9.0 |
search |
1 | 12 | 1Before Firefox 53, thepathname and search HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils properties returned the wrong parts of the URL. For example, for a URL of http://z.com/x?a=true&b=false, pathname would return '/x?a=true&b=false' and search would return '', rather than '/x' and '?a=true&b=false' respectively. This has now been fixed. |
5.5 | 15 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4Before Firefox 53, thepathname and search HTMLHyperlinkElementUtils properties returned the wrong parts of the URL. For example, for a URL of http://z.com/x?a=true&b=false, pathname would return '/x?a=true&b=false' and search would return '', rather than '/x' and '?a=true&b=false' respectively. This has now been fixed. |
14 | 1 | 1.0 |
shape |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
target |
1 | 12 | 1 | 5.5 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
toString |
32 | 12 | 22 | 5.5 | 19 | 10.1 | 4.4.3 | 32 | 22 | 19 | 10.3 | 2.0 |
username |
32 | 79 | 26 | No | 19 | 10 | 4.4.3 | 32 | 26 | 19 | 10 | 2.0 |
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