Re: Image maps in CSS (was Re: Ideas for CSS 3.0?)

I think Daniel Steinberger and Tantek have it dead-right. Objects (links, divs, anything with an href) should be presented as elements in the HTML, then styled by ID to be the proper shape and location.

Consider:
<map id="fireTruckParts" alt="Fire truck">
<area id="engine" href="engine/" title="The engine" alt="Engine"/>
<area id="tank" href="tank/" title="The water tank" alt="Tank"/>
</map>

#fireTruckParts { image: url( "firetruck.jpg" ); }
#engine { shape: polygon( 50px 0px, 100px 100px, 0px 100px ); }
#tank { shape: polygon( . . . ); }


Although the shape and location can convey information, so can any other visual arrangement (already defined in present CSS implemenations). And as Tantek mentioned, other characteristics of the image map may become important depending on media. This begs for CSS.

-Chris "SoopahMan" Moschini

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