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Area shape Property

Area Object

Definition and Usage

The shape property sets or returns the value of the shape attribute of an area.

The shape attribute specifies the shape of an area.

Syntax

areaObject.shape=value

The shape property can have one of the following values:

Value	Description
default	Specifies the entire region
rect	Defines a rectangular region
circle	Defines a circular region
poly	Defines a polygonal region

Browser Support

The shape property is supported in all major browsers.

Example

Return the shape for the "Venus" area in the image-map:

<html>
<body>

<img src="planets.gif"
width="145" height="126"
usemap="#planetmap">

<map name="planetmap">
<area id="venus" shape="circle"
coords="124,58,8"
alt="Venus"
href="venus.htm">
</map>

<p>The shape for the "Venus" area is:
<script>
document.write(document.getElementById("venus").shape);
</script>
</p>

</body>
</html>

The output of the code above will be:

The shape for the "Venus" area is: circle

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Area Object