# Interface HTMLAreaElement

All Superinterfaces:
  `Element`, `HTMLElement`, `Node`

public interface HTMLAreaElement extends HTMLElement
Client-side image map area definition. See the AREA element definition in HTML 4.0.

See also the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Specification.

Since:
  1.4, DOM Level 2

- ## Field Summary

  ### Fields declared in interface org.w3c.dom.Node

  `ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE`

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `String`
  `getAccessKey()`
  A single character access key to give access to the form control.
  `String`
  `getAlt()`
  Alternate text for user agents not rendering the normal content of this element.
  `String`
  `getCoords()`
  Comma-separated list of lengths, defining an active region geometry.
  `String`
  `getHref()`
  The URI of the linked resource.
  `boolean`
  `getNoHref()`
  Specifies that this area is inactive, i.e., has no associated action.
  `String`
  `getShape()`
  The shape of the active area.
  `int`
  `getTabIndex()`
  Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order.
  `String`
  `getTarget()`
  Frame to render the resource in.
  `void`
  `setAccessKey(String accessKey)`
  `void`
  `setAlt(String alt)`
  `void`
  `setCoords(String coords)`
  `void`
  `setHref(String href)`
  `void`
  `setNoHref(boolean noHref)`
  `void`
  `setShape(String shape)`
  `void`
  `setTabIndex(int tabIndex)`
  `void`
  `setTarget(String target)`

  ### Methods declared in interface org.w3c.dom.Element

  `getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, setAttribute, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setAttributeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNode, setIdAttributeNS`

  ### Methods declared in interface org.w3c.dom.html.HTMLElement

  `getClassName, getDir, getId, getLang, getTitle, setClassName, setDir, setId, setLang, setTitle`

  ### Methods declared in interface org.w3c.dom.Node

  `appendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData`

- ## Method Details

  - ### getAccessKey

    String getAccessKey()
    A single character access key to give access to the form control. See the accesskey attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

  - ### setAccessKey

    void setAccessKey(String accessKey)

  - ### getAlt

    String getAlt()
    Alternate text for user agents not rendering the normal content of this element. See the alt attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

  - ### setAlt

    void setAlt(String alt)

  - ### getCoords

    String getCoords()
    Comma-separated list of lengths, defining an active region geometry. See also `shape` for the shape of the region. See the coords attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

  - ### setCoords

    void setCoords(String coords)

  - ### getHref

    String getHref()
    The URI of the linked resource. See the href attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

  - ### setHref

    void setHref(String href)

  - ### getNoHref

    boolean getNoHref()
    Specifies that this area is inactive, i.e., has no associated action. See the nohref attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

  - ### setNoHref

    void setNoHref(boolean noHref)

  - ### getShape

    String getShape()
    The shape of the active area. The coordinates are given by `coords` . See the shape attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

  - ### setShape

    void setShape(String shape)

  - ### getTabIndex

    int getTabIndex()
    Index that represents the element's position in the tabbing order. See the tabindex attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

  - ### setTabIndex

    void setTabIndex(int tabIndex)

  - ### getTarget

    String getTarget()
    Frame to render the resource in. See the target attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

  - ### setTarget

    void setTarget(String target)