Posted by mbstevens on 03/09/06 18:37

Yang Li Ke wrote:
> Hi everyone.
> Anyone can tell me if this is possible to use an image map link like:
>
> <img src="pictures/2.jpg" usemap="#Map">
> <map name="Map" id="Map">
> <area shape='rect' coords='1,1,33,33' href='#' />
> <area shape="rect" coords="40,8,77,48" href="#" />
> </map>
>
>
> but on mouse over the image the square would be blue just like
>
> a.thumb:hover img
> {
> border: 1px dashed #FFFFFF;
> }
>
>
> a.thumb img
> {
> border: 1px solid #C0DEEF;
> }
>
>
> At last. I just want to be able to view a square over the picture
> everywhere I move the mouse so that I can see the link.
>
> Thank you
>
>

After reading:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/imagemap/

....you may be able to find a way to do what you want.
Basically you can modify the visibility of objects on
hover using CSS.

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