ISMAP idea (?v4)

James P H Coleman (coleman@NTU.EDU.AU)
Sun, 9 Apr 95 18:41:26 EDT

I know that this is not the right place for this but...

When using an image/etc often I want the cursor to have hot areas such that
when you move the mouse over a hot area, a piece of text is displayed. eg a
photograph and as the mouse moves over a building, some text appears saying
what the building is.

I would think it would go something like this:

<img src="campus.gif" ismap hot="rect 1,1 10,10" text="Building 1"
hot="rect 20,20 50,50" text="Building 2">

so that when the mouse is over the rectangle (1,1 10,10), the text Building
1 is displayed somewhere.

This can also be used as part of an anchor as well, eg:

<a href="http://somewhere/sometime..>
<img src="campus.gif" ismap hot="rect 1,1 10,10" text="Building 1"
hot="rect 20,20 50,50" text="Building 2"> </a>

Thoughts anyone?

James