817 2004-07-03 21:57:18 +0000 Image map usemap attribute does not validate 2004-07-12 17:28:27 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Validator check 0.6.6 All All VERIFIED WORKSFORME http://www.veiled-chameleon.com/xhtml-test/image-map-does-not-work.html P2 normal --- 1 bugzilla link www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 2063 0 bugzilla 2004-07-03 21:57:19 +0000 Please visit the attached URL for a concise description and an example of this problem. In a nutshell: The content of the "usemap" attribute in an image tag MUST begin with a "#" character in order for its associated image map to be functional. However, the code will NOT validate if the "#" character is present. Googling this problem has resulted in repeated claims that the validator is wrong, and that the code with the "#" is valid XHTML 1.1. Can you verify this for me, or, barring that, explain how to make the code both validate and function properly? Thank you. 2064 1 ville.skytta 2004-07-04 05:46:46 +0000 Don't trust Google, the validator is correct :) In XHTML 1.1, usemap is defined as IDREF, and IDREFs cannot start with "#". http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#idref If you want your image maps to work with mainstream browsers and your documents to validate, use XHTML 1.0 (see also below). It defines usemap as CDATA (through &URI;), and you can happily use usemap="#foo" which, unlike the XHTML 1.1 version usemap="foo", works with most browsers. XHTML 1.0 is the current de facto recommendation for HTML, by the way; there are very few if any browsers out there that really support XHTML 1.1. http://www.w3.org/TR/html/ 2080 2 gohankid7_7 2004-07-12 13:28:27 +0000 The "#" is not supposed to be used. Mozilla 1.7 correctly uses the image map. Here is a sample piece of code: <img style="border-width:0px" src="packages.jpg" alt="packages" usemap="doodles" /> and later: <map id="doodles"> <area shape="rect" alt="Package 58" coords="290,75,310,95" href="doodle.html" /> <area shape="rect" alt="Hyman Stadium" coords="69,10,215,42" href="doodle2.html" /> </map> This works in Mozilla, but not IE. I had the same problem. Signed, gohankid77