Image Maps

Use the map tag to define an image-map. An image-map is an image with clickable areas.

The name attribute of the map tag is associated with the img's usemap attribute and creates a relationship between the image and the map.

The map tag contains a number of area tags, that defines the clickable areas in the image-map:

Example

<img src="planets.gif" alt="Planets" usemap="#planetmap" style="width:145px;height:126px;">

<map name="planetmap">
  <area shape="rect" coords="0,0,82,126" alt="Sun" href="sun.htm">
  <area shape="circle" coords="90,58,3" alt="Mercury" href="mercur.htm">
  <area shape="circle" coords="124,58,8" alt="Venus" href="venus.htm">
</map>

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Image Floating

Use the CSS float property to let the image float to the right or to the left of a text:

Example

<p><img src="smiley.gif" alt="Smiley face" style="float:right;width:42px;height:42px;">
The image will float to the right of the text.</p>

<p><img src="smiley.gif" alt="Smiley face" style="float:left;width:42px;height:42px;">
The image will float to the left of the text.</p>

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Using an Image as a Link

To use an image as a link, simply nest the img tag inside the a tag:

Example

<a href="default.asp">
  <img src="smiley.gif" alt="HTML tutorial" style="width:42px;height:42px;border:0;">
</a>

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Note: border:0; is added to prevent IE9 (and earlier) from displaying a border around the image (when the image is a link).

Animated Images

The GIF standard allows animated images:

Example

<img src="programming.gif" alt="Computer Man" style="width:48px;height:48px;">

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Note that the syntax of inserting animated images is no different from non-

animated images.

Images on Another Server

Some web sites store their images on image servers.

Actually, you can access images from any web address in the world:

Example

<img src="http://www.w3schools.com/images/w3schools_green.jpg" alt="W3Schools.com">

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