[thelist] CSS, Hot Spot Outline Colors

Cisco ciscorey at gmail.com
Sat Sep 9 12:31:32 CDT 2006


I just retrieved the attribute and directions through a google search.

hidefocus="true"

The attribute must be added within the img tag  (same area where the src
attribute is located) -- not within the actual map markup.

Thanks a bunch.

On 9/9/06, Robert O'Rourke <rob at sanchothefat.com> wrote:
>
> Peter Brunone (EasyListBox.com) wrote:
> >                  By the way, with normal anchor tags you can turn this
> off by setting the hidefocus property to true.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >                               From: Cisco ciscorey at gmail.com
> >
> > Is it possible to change the color of the dotted outline that appears
> when a
> > hot spot is selected within a mapped image? I'd greatly appreciate any
> > insight.
> >
>
> I've heard of that hidefocus property before, can you tell me the syntax
> for it?
> Cisco I've never used a browser that outlines areas within an image map
> but i think you can use the css outline rule, i've never tried changing
> the colour but I've used it to stop the outline appearing before...
>
> Its CSS2.1 but I'm pretty sure IE6 supports it.
>
> area:focus {
>    outline-color : red ;
>    outline-style : dotted ;
>    outline-width : thin ;
> }
>
> here's the relevant bit of the spec:
> http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/ui.html
>
>    Rob
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