map name attribute

The name attribute on the map element:

allows you to add a name to your map element
- does not display in browser, it simple serves as reference point, meaning you may refer to the map element through the value of the name attribute
utility: connects an img to a map element, transforming the image into a client-side image map
name is a specific attribute → can be applied ONLY on the next HTML5 elements: button, fieldset, form, iframe, input, keygen, map, meta, object, output, param, select, textarea

<map	attribute	=	"value(s)"	>	...	<⁄map>	Examples
1.	name	=	text				<map name="pirate_map"> ... <⁄map>

HTML5 map name attribute Tutorial

min	video details
00:05	video tutorial: name attribute on map
00:11	name attribute allows you to add a name to your map element
00:31	map's name does not display in browser
00:34	this image is not yet a map' it will be the moment we will connect the img element to the map element through map's name
00:44	connecting the img element to the map element through map's name
00:53	the image is now an image map
01:05	if the img element is not connected to the map element, the image is not an image map: no areas to click on
01:20	multiple map elements are allowed per HTML document but with different names
01:31	if the id attribute is present, name's value and id's value must be the same
01:42	if you wish to link your img to another map element in page, simply use the name of that map element