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+---
+title: "HTMLAreaElement: alt property"
+short-title: alt
+slug: Web/API/HTMLAreaElement/alt
+page-type: web-api-instance-property
+browser-compat: api.HTMLAreaElement.alt
+---
+
+{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}
+
+The **`alt`** property of the {{DOMxRef("HTMLAreaElement")}} interface specifies the text of the hyperlink, defining the textual label for an image map's link. It reflects the {{htmlelement("area")}} element's [`alt`](/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/area#alt) attribute.
+
+The `alt` value must be text that, when presented with the `alt` text of the other `<area>` hyperlinks within the same {{htmlelement("map")}}, along with the `alt` text of the {{htmlelement("img")}} itself, provides the user with the same kind of choice as the hyperlink would when used without its text but with its shape applied to the image.
+
+If the {{htmlelement("area")}} is a link (contains an {{DOMxRef("HTMLAreaElement.href", "href")}} property), the `alt` property value should be a non-empty string giving the label for the link that would be appropriate if the image were unavailable. The `alt` attribute for a link `<area>` can only be empty if there is another `<area>` element in the same `<map>` that points to the same resource and has a non-blank `alt` attribute.
+
+## Value
+
+A string.
+
+## Examples
+
+```js
+const areaElement = document.getElementById("imageArea");
+console.log(areaElement.alt);
+areaElement.alt = "A much better link description";
+```
+
+## Specifications
+
+{{Specifications}}
+
+## Browser compatibility
+
+{{Compat}}
+
+## See also
+
+- {{DOMXref("HTMLImageElement.alt")}}
+- {{DOMXref("HTMLInputElement.alt")}}
+- {{DOMXref("HTMLMapElement")}}
+- {{HTMLElement("area")}}
+- {{HTMLElement("map")}}
+- {{HTMLElement("a")}}
+- [Good alt text, bad alt text — Making your content perceivable](https://www.wcag.com/blog/good-alt-text-bad-alt-text-making-your-content-perceivable/) on WCAG.com (2021)
+- [An alt decision tree](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/decision-tree/) on W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)