<area nohref> HTML Attribute
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- Attribute of
- <area> HTML Tag
- What does
<area nohref> HTML Attribute
do? - Specified that an area of an image map did not link to another resource.
Code Example
<!-- DEPRECATED -- The wrong way. -->
<img src="/wp-content/uploads/shapes.png" usemap="shapes-map">
<map name="shapes-map">
<area shape="rect" title="Square" coords="19,28,222,228" href="/wp-content/uploads/square.png" target="_blank" />
<area shape="circle" title="Circle" coords="361,132,96" nohref />
</map>
<!-- The right way. -->
<img src="/wp-content/uploads/shapes.png" usemap="shapes-map-2">
<map name="shapes-map-2">
<area shape="rect" title="Square" coords="19,28,222,228" href="/wp-content/uploads/square.png" target="_blank" />
<area shape="circle" title="Circle" coords="361,132,96" />
</map>


An <area>
with no link
If you need to specify an <area>
without a linked resource, simply omit the href
attribute.