6439 2009-01-15 12:21:25 +0000 <area> should stringify href (like <a>) 2010-10-04 13:56:56 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified All All CLOSED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 zcorpan ian mike olivier.gendrin public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 23112 0 zcorpan 2009-01-15 12:21:25 +0000 IE8, Firefox and Opera stringify <area> to its href (like <a>). WebKit doesn't, it seems. I'd suggest the spec align with the majority. javascript:alert(document.createElement('area')) 23117 1 olivier.gendrin 2009-01-15 13:38:43 +0000 this question is very important regarding to accessibility of the data. I good fallback could be to spec that a <map> element that does not match an <img> (not aviable, not downloaded by the UA, etc...) should be rendered as an <ul>, and the <area> like <li><a> : <map><area alt="areaAltText" href="areaHref" /></map> would become <ul><li><a href="areaHref">areaAltText</a></li></ul> That would be great. 24450 2 olivier.gendrin 2009-03-31 10:57:53 +0000 Ian, I do not see in the area description [1] the fallback mechanism... [1] http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/the-canvas-element.html#the-area-element 24452 3 zcorpan 2009-03-31 12:22:45 +0000 Oliver, this bug really has nothing to do with fallback. This bug is about what toString() does on objects implementing HTMLAreaElement. However, search for "If the user agent intends to show the text that the img element represents, then it must use the following steps." in the spec.