IE version for using imagemaps?

[cawthor]

Is there an IE pre-req for using Imagemaps? I have the following code on my page:

<img src="images/find_lines_1.gif" alt="Find" border="0" usemap="#find_lines_1_Map">

<map name="find_lines_1_Map">
<area shape="rect" alt="" coords="5,103,22,120" href="javascript:FindEmp('760','325','auto','add_apps');">
</map>

A colleague of mine is running IE version 5.0 (SP2) and this image is not showing up as a link (and nothing happens when you click it). Works fine on my IE 5.5 (SP2).

Thanks.

 

[Vragabond]

No, it should work. I had no trouble using imagemaps across browsers. I haven't seen IE's as ancient as 5.0 in a while, but it should work. Something else might be the problem -- is that all the code you have on the page? Try simple with just a couple of lines.

 

[BabyJeffy]

Maybe switch the order of the markup... place the image after the map has been defined on the page. Just a guess.

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[ChrisHunt]

Does your colleague have Javascript switched off? See if a link to a regular html page works.

Image maps go back a long way, certainly back to IE4 days, maybe earlier. There are other things, like modern CSS-based sites, that your colleague is going to struggle with in IE5 - might be time to upgrade to a 21st century browser...

-- Chris Hunt
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[cawthor]

Thanks for the help. We upgraded to 6.0 and it works fine.