HTMLAreaElement: rel property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since October 2016.

The HTMLAreaElement.rel property reflects the rel attribute. It is a string containing a space-separated list of link types indicating the relationship between the resource represented by the <area> element and the current document.

Value

A string.

Examples

js
const areas = document.getElementsByTagName("area");
for (const area of areas) {
  console.log(`Rel: ${area.rel}`);
}

Specifications

Specification

HTML
# dom-area-rel

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