Sets or retrieves the shape of the object.

Syntax

HTML	<ELEMENT SHAPE = sShape... >
Scripting	[ sShape = ] object.shape

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.

DHTML expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s). As of Internet Explorer 8, expressions are not supported in IE8 mode. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and greater this property applies to the a object.

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="/workshop/graphics/sun.gif">
    <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="90,58,3" 
        HREF="/workshop/graphics/merglobe.gif">
    <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="124,58,8" 
        HREF="/workshop/graphics/venglobe.gif">
    <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="162,58,10" 
        HREF="/workshop/graphics/earglobe.gif">
    <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="203,58,8" 
        HREF="/workshop/graphics/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="/workshop/graphics/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="/workshop/graphics/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="/workshop/graphics/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="/workshop/graphics/nepglobe.gif">
    <AREA SHAPE="circle" COORDS="479,66,3" 
        HREF="/workshop/graphics/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, HTMLAnchorElement Constructor, HTMLAreaElement Constructor