SHAPE Attribute | shape Property | Internet Development Index |
Sets or retrieves the shape of the object.
This property now applies to the
Syntax
HTML <ELEMENT SHAPE = sShape... > Scripting object.shape [ = sShape ]
Possible Values
sShape String that specifies or receives one of the following values.
circ Circle circle Circle poly Polygon polygon Polygon rect Rectangle rectangle Rectangle The property is read/write. The property has no default value.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Example
This example provides the full code for an image map of the solar system. When you click on the sun or any planet, you will link to the image associated with the x,y coordinate. You can click the Back button from the image to return to the solar system image map.
<P><IMG SRC="solarsys.gif" WIDTH=504 HEIGHT=126 BORDER=0 ALT="Solar System" USEMAP="#SystemMap"> <MAP NAME="SystemMap"> <AREA SHAPE="rect" COORDS="0,0,82,126" HREF="../common/sun.gif"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="90,58,3" HREF="../common/merglobe.gif"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="124,58,8" HREF="../common/venglobe.gif"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="162,58,10" HREF="../common/earglobe.gif"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="203,58,8" HREF="../common/marglobe.gif"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="221,34,238,37,257,32,278, 44,284,60,281,75,288,91,267,87,253,89,237,81,229, 64,228,54" HREF="../common/jupglobe.gif"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="288,19,316,39,330,37,348, 47,351,66,349,74,367,105,337,85,324,85,307,77,303, 60,307,50" HREF="../common/satglobe.gif"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="405,39,408,50,411,57,410, 71,404,78,393,80,383,86,381,75,376,69,376,56,380, 48,393,44" HREF="../common/uraglobe.gif"> <AREA SHAPE="poly" COORDS="445,38,434,49,431,53,427,62, 430,72,435,77,445,92,456,77,463,72,463,62,462,53, 455,47" HREF="../common/nepglobe.gif"> <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="479,66,3" HREF="../common/pluglobe.gif"> </MAP>
Standards Information
This property is defined in HTML 4.0
and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1
Applies To
A, AREA