Bugzilla – Bug 269
Define <area alt> authoring conformance criteria.
Last modified: 2009-11-23 17:16:57 CET
Index: source =================================================================== --- source (revision 1931) +++ source (revision 1932) @@ -20115,11 +20115,21 @@ <p>If the <code>area</code> element has an <code title="attr-hyperlink-href">href</code> attribute, then the - <code>area</code> element represents a <span>hyperlink</span>; the - <dfn title="attr-area-alt"><code>alt</code></dfn> attribute, which - must then be present, specifies the text.</p> + <code>area</code> element represents a <span>hyperlink</span>. In + this case, the <dfn title="attr-area-alt"><code>alt</code></dfn> + attribute must be present. It specifies the text of the + hyperlink. Its value must be text that, when presented with the + texts specified for the other hyperlinks of the <span>image + map</span>, and with the alternative text of the image, but without + the image itself, provides the user with the same kind of choice as + the hyperlink would when used without its text but with its shape + applied to the image. The <code title="attr-area-alt">alt</code> + attribute may be left blank if there is another <code>area<code> + element in the same <span>image map</span> that points to the same + resource and has a non-blank <code title="attr-area-alt">alt</code> + attribute.</p> - <p>However, if the <code>area</code> element has no <code + <p>If the <code>area</code> element has no <code title="attr-hyperlink-href">href</code> attribute, then the area represented by the element cannot be selected, and the <code title="attr-area-alt">alt</code> attribute must be omitted.</p>