Re: Z-Order In Image Maps

There is no need to guess -- the behavior is defined in the specifications. See,
for example

   http://www.w3.org/pub/WWW/TR/WD-html32#map

This references the original spyglass ID that originally proposed the 
MAP and AREA elements.

Ian
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> 
> Working with Image maps I came across confusion as to how the 
> following should be handled:
> 
> <IMG SRC="testimgp.jpg" WIDTH=590 HEIGHT=387 USEMAP="#MAP">
> <MAP  NAME="MAP">
> <area shape=rect coords="100,100,400,400" alt="Area 1" href="area1.html">
>  <area shape=rect coords="200,200,300,300" alt="Area2" href="area2.html">
>  </MAP>
> 
> Is Area #1 supposed to be obscruing Area #2, or is Area 2 supposed to 
> be on top of Area #1?
> 
> STandard behaviour is to have Area #1 obscruing Area #2, but is that 
> supposed to be what happens?  It doesn't it seem intuitive that as 
> areas are created they are put further behind in the Z-Order.
>  ____
> /
> |  Imagination's End  I.End@bigpic.com
> |  Senior Software Engineer
> |  Big Picture Multimedia
>

Received on Thursday, 24 October 1996 09:54:29 UTC