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  <title>nohref — image map</title>



  <style>body{font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;margin:0;padding:1.5rem;background:#f8fafc;color:#334155;line-height:1.7}h1{margin:0 0 .75rem;font-size:1.25rem;color:#0f172a}img{display:block;border-radius:8px;border:1px solid #cbd5e1;max-width:100%}.status{margin-top:1rem;padding:.75rem 1rem;background:#eff6ff;border:1px solid #bfdbfe;border-radius:8px;font-size:.8125rem;max-width:420px}code{background:#e2e8f0;padding:.1rem .35rem;border-radius:4px}.note{margin-top:.75rem;font-size:.8125rem;color:#64748b;max-width:420px}</style>



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  <h1>Clickable vs nohref area</h1>



  <img src=/images/area-example.png alt="Navigation diagram — HTML region links, CSS region is decorative" width=256 height=256 usemap=#demo-map>



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    <area coords=253,98,111,1 href=/html/tags/a alt="Learn HTML" id=html-area>



    <area coords=253,250,74,148 nohref alt="Decorative CSS label (no link)" id=css-area>



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  <div class=status id=status>Click the HTML region (top) to navigate. The CSS region uses <code>nohref</code> and is not a link.</div>



  <p class=note><strong>Note:</strong> <code>nohref</code> is deprecated in HTML5. New code should omit <code>href</code> instead.</p>







  <script>var status=document.getElementById("status");document.getElementById("html-area").addEventListener("click",(function(){status.innerHTML="HTML region clicked — this area has <code>href</code> and navigates."})),document.getElementById("css-area").addEventListener("click",(function(e){e.preventDefault(),status.innerHTML="CSS region clicked — <code>nohref</code> prevents navigation (decorative hotspot)."}))</script>



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HTML nohref Attribute — Non-Clickable Image Map Area