Javascript Reference - HTML DOM Area href Property

The href property sets or gets the value of the href attribute of an area.

Browser Support


`href`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

Return the href property:

var v = areaObject.href

Set the href property:

areaObject.href = URL;

Property Values

Value	Description
URL	Specifies the hyperlink target for the area.

Return Value

A String representing the URL of the link.

Example

The following code shows how to change the URL of a link in an area.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<!--from   w  ww . j  a v a 2s.  com-->
<img src="http://java2s.com/style/demo/border.png" 
     width="145" height="126" usemap="#myImageMap">

<map name="myImageMap">
  <area id="myArea" shape="circle" coords="124,58,8" alt="myImage" href="http://example.com">
</map>
<p id="demo"></p>

<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>

<script>
function myFunction() {
    document.getElementById("myArea").href = "new.htm";
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "changed";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows:

Example 2

The following code shows how to get the URL of a link in an area.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<!--from   www  .  java 2s  .co  m-->
<img src="http://java2s.com/style/demo/border.png" width="145" 
     height="126" usemap="#myImageMap">

<map name="myImageMap">
  <area id="myArea" shape="circle" coords="124,58,8" alt="myImage" href="http://example.com">
</map>
<p id="demo"></p>

<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>

<script>
function myFunction() {
    var x = document.getElementById("myArea").href;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows:

Example 3

The following code shows how to change the URL of a link in an area to an absolute URL.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<!--  w w  w .  j  a  va 2s.c  o m-->
<img src="http://java2s.com/style/demo/border.png" 
     width="145" height="126" usemap="#myImageMap">

<map name="myImageMap">
<area id="myArea" shape="circle" coords="124,58,8" 
      alt="myImage" href="http://example.com">
</map>
<p id="demo"></p>

<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>

<script>
function myFunction()
{
    document.getElementById("myArea").href="http://www.your fake server.com";
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML="changed";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows: