HTMLAreaElement: hash property

The HTMLAreaElement.hash property returns a string containing a '#' followed by the fragment identifier of the URL.

The fragment is not URL decoded. If the URL does not have a fragment identifier, this property contains an empty string, "".

Value

A string.

Examples

Given this HTML

html

<map name="infographic">
  <area
    id="mdn-circle"
    shape="circle"
    coords="130,136,60"
    href="https://developer.mozilla.org/#ExampleSection"
    alt="MDN" />
</map>

<img
  usemap="#infographic"
  src="/media/examples/mdn-info.png"
  alt="MDN infographic" />

you can get the hash of the area link like this:

js

const area = document.getElementById("mdn-circle");
area.hash; // returns '#ExampleSection'

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# dom-hyperlink-hash-dev

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

See also