Last Updated : 12 Jul, 2025
The HTML shape Attribute is used to specify the size of an <area> element. It is mainly used with the coords attribute to specify the size, shape and placement of a <area> element.
Applicable:
Syntax:
<area shape="value">
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
HTML shape Attribute
</title>
</head>
<body style="text-align:center;">
<h1>
GeeksForGeeks
</h1>
<h2>
HTML shape Attribute
</h2>
<img src=
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190227165729/area11.png"
alt="alt_attribute"
width="300"
height="119"
class="aligncenter"
usemap="#shapemap" />
<map name="shapemap">
<!-- area tag contained image. -->
<area shape="poly"
coords="59, 31, 28, 83, 91, 83"
href=
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190227165802/area2.png"
alt="Triangle">
<area shape="circle"
coords="155, 56, 26"
href=
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190227165934/area3.png"
alt="Circle">
<area shape="rect"
coords="224, 30, 276, 82"
href=
"https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20190227170021/area4.png"
alt="Square">
</map>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Before click on specific shape:
After click on specific shape:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML shape Attribute are listed below:
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HTML:
3.2
| Encoding:
UTF-8
| Version:
0.7.4