This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.
The HTMLAreaElement.toString() stringifier method returns a string containing the whole URL. It is a read-only version of HTMLAreaElement.href.
toString()
None.
A string containing the element's complete URL.
// An <area id="myArea" href="/en-US/docs/HTMLAreaElement"> element is in the document
const area = document.getElementById("myArea");
area.toString(); // returns 'https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/HTMLAreaElement'
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # dom-hyperlink-href-dev> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
toString |
32 | 12 | 22 | 19 | 10.1 | 32 | 22 | 19 | 10.3 | 2.0 | 4.4.3 | 10.3 |
HTMLAreaElement interface it belongs to.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLAreaElement/toString