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Important properties, events and methods of ImageMap control
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AccessKey: a key that navigates to the ImageMap control.
AlternateText: alternate text for the image (required for accessibility).
DescriptionUrl: a link to a page which contains a detailed description of the image.
GenerateEmptyAlternateText: set the AlternateText property to an empty string.
HotSpotMode: the behavior of the image map when you click a region.
Possible values are Inactive, Navigate, NotSet, and PostBack.
HotSpots: retrieve the collection of HotSpots contained in the ImageMap control.
ImageAlign: align the image map with other HTML elements in the page.
Possible values are AbsBottom, AbsMiddle, Baseline, Bottom,
Left, Middle, NotSet, Right, TextTop, and Top.
ImageUrl: specify the URL to the image.
TabIndex: the tab order of the ImageMap control.
Target: open a page in a new window.
Focus: set the initial form focus to the ImageMap control.
Click: Raised when you click a region of the ImageMap and
the HotSpotMode property is set to the value PostBack.
An ImageMap control is composed out of instances of the HotSpot class.
A HotSpot defines the clickable regions in an image map.
The ASP.NET framework has with three HotSpot classes:
CircleHotSpot: a circular region in an image map.
PolygonHotSpot: an irregularly shaped region in an image map.
RectangleHotSpot: a rectangular region in an image map.
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title>ImageMap Navigate</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:ImageMap
id="mapNavigate"
ImageUrl="yourImage.jpg"
Runat="server">
<asp:RectangleHotSpot
NavigateUrl="Home.aspx"
Left="0"
Top="0"
Right="100"
Bottom="50"
AlternateText="Navigate to Home" />
<asp:RectangleHotSpot
NavigateUrl="Products.aspx"
Left="100"
Top="0"
Right="200"
Bottom="50"
AlternateText="Navigate to Products" />
<asp:RectangleHotSpot
NavigateUrl="Services.aspx"
Left="200"
Top="0"
Right="300"
Bottom="50"
AlternateText="Navigate to Services" />
</asp:ImageMap>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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