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  <title>nohref vs no href</title>



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  <h1>Legacy nohref vs modern markup</h1>



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      <figcaption>HTML5 (preferred)</figcaption>



      <img src=/images/area-example.png alt="Modern map — decorative area has no href" width=200 height=200 usemap=#modern-map>



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



        <area coords=253,250,74,148 alt="Decorative label">



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      <figcaption>Legacy HTML4</figcaption>



      <img src=/images/area-example.png alt="Legacy map — decorative area uses nohref" width=200 height=200 usemap=#legacy-map>



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



        <area coords=253,250,74,148 nohref alt="Decorative label">



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  <p class=hint>Both behave the same in browsers: the bottom region is not clickable. For new projects, write the left markup — omit <code>href</code> instead of adding <code>nohref</code>.</p>



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