Javascript Reference - HTML DOM Area search Property

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

Browser Support


`search`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

Return the search property:

var v = areaObject.search

Set the search property:

areaObject.search = querystring;

Property Values

Value	Description
querystring	Set the search part of a URL

Return Value

A String representing the querystring part of the URL.

Example

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


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<!--   w w  w .ja v  a  2 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" shape="circle" coords="124,58,8" 
        alt="myImage" href="http://example.com?id=searchtest">
</map>

<p id="demo"></p>

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

<script>
function myFunction() {
    var x = document.getElementById("myArea").search;
    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 query string of the URL for a specific area in an image-map.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<!-- w w w . j a  v  a2  s .  co  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://example.com?id=searchtest">
</map>

<p id="demo"></p>

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

<script>
function myFunction() {
    document.getElementById("myArea").search = "somenewsearchvalue";
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "changed";
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows: