The overall shape of the area being mapped for a hot spot in a client-side imagemap, e.g., a rectangular hot spot, a circular hot spot, etc.
This attribute is used in combination with the map-coords attribute to define the hot spot on the graphic image. This attribute names the overall shape, and the map-coords attribute gives the coordinates of the edges of the shape.
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circle | The map is circular in shape. Coordinates for the center and the radius will be given by the map-coords attribute. |
| poly | The map is a regular polygon that is not a rectangle. Coordinates for the points will be given by the map-coords attribute. |
| rect | The map is rectangular in shape. Coordinates for the top-left and bottom-right will be given by map-coords attribute. |
| Restriction: This attribute must be specified if the element is used. | |