SHAPE Attribute | shape Property

Sets or retrieves the shape of the object.

What's New for Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6

This property now applies to the a object.

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