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Sets or retrieves the shape of a hyperlink AREA within an image MAP.

Inline	<AREA SHAPE = 'circ' | 'circle' | 'poly' | 'polygon' | 'rect' | 'rectangle'...>
Script	area.shape = sShape ]

circ	Specifies a circular shape for the hyperlink AREA.
circle	Specifies a circular shape for the hyperlink AREA.
poly	Specifies a polygonal shape for the hyperlink AREA.
polygon	Specifies a polygonal shape for the hyperlink AREA.
rect	Specifies a rectangular shape for the hyperlink AREA.
rectangle	Specifies a rectangular shape for the hyperlink AREA.

The value of the SHAPE attribute determines the format of the coords attribute.

The property is read/write with no default value.

The following example provides the full code for an image map of the solar system. The shape of each AREA link to an individual image.

<img src="imgs/solarsys.gif" width=504 height=126 
  border=0 alt="Solar System" usemap="#solar">

<map name="solar">
<area shape="rect" coords="0,0,76,122"
  href="imgs/sun.gif" alt="Sun">
<area shape="circle" coords="90,61,15"
  href="imgs/mercury.gif" alt="Mercury">
<area shape="circle" coords="124,61,18"
  href="imgs/venus.gif" alt="Venus">
<area shape="circle" coords="163,61,23"
  href="imgs/earth.gif" alt="Earth">
<area shape="circle" coords="201,61,14"
  href="imgs/mars.gif" alt="Mars">
<area shape="circle" coords="256,61,40"
  href="imgs/jupiter.gif" alt="Jupiter">
<area shape="circle" coords="328,61,35"
  href="imgs/saturn.gif" alt="Saturn">
<area shape="circle" coords="392,61,30"
  href="imgs/uranus.gif" alt="Uranus">
<area shape="circle" coords="443,61,24"
  href="imgs/neptune.gif" alt="Neptune">
<area shape="circle" coords="480,61,13"
  href="imgs/pluto.gif" alt="Pluto">
</map>

This feature requires Microsoft^® Internet Explorer^® 4.0 or later.

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