[Bug 9061] allow image maps on the canvas element.

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9061


Steve Jorgensen <stevej@stevej.name> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Steve Jorgensen <stevej@stevej.name>  2010-05-03 07:53:49 ---
I disagree with the rejection response.  Just because there are many complex
cases to which image maps would be hard to apply does not mean there are not a
plethora of simple cases for which image maps would be extremely handy.

Using a mouse click to zoom in is a great example of where this would be handy.
 Since browser-interoperable mouse position determination is so incredibly
complicated, an image map makes a nice, simple solution, especially where (as
is likely the case) the precision of the click position need not be extremely
precise.

The only potentially convincing counterargument I can think of to adding image
maps to canvas elements is that the same thing can be accomplished by
overlaying transparent, absolutely-positioned anchors.  That is, however, a
very kludgey way to handle it, and does not trivially deal with non-rectangular
areas.

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