Javascript Reference - HTML DOM Area pathname Property

The pathname property sets or gets the pathname part of the href attribute value.

Browser Support


`pathname`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

Return the pathname property:

var v = areaObject.pathname

Set the pathname property:

areaObject.pathname = path;

Property Values

Value	Description
path	Set the pathname of a URL

Return Value

A String representing the pathname of the URL.

Example

The following code shows how to get the pathname of the URL for a specific area in an image-map.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
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<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").pathname;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows:

Example 2

The following code shows how to change the path name of the URL for a specific area in an image-map:


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<!--  w  ww  .  ja v  a2  s . c  o  m-->
<img src="http://java2s.com/style/demo/border.png" width="145" 
     height="126" usemap="#myImageMap">

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

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

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

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows: