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…andle area { cursor: inhert }. (credit: db) git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@2820 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
whatwg · Feb 13, 2009 · aba7493 · aba7493
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@@ -57822,13 +57822,26 @@ object[align=bottom] {
 
   <h4 id=image-maps-0><span class=secno>10.3.4 </span>Image maps</h4>
 
-  <p>When a user is designating a shape on an <a href=#image-map>image map</a>,
-  if that shape's <code><a href=#the-area-element>area</a></code> element's 'cursor' property has a
-  value explicitly specified (as opposed to inheriting it from the
-  element's parent), then the user agent is expected to use that value
-  as the cursor. Otherwise, the user agent is expected to use the
-  computed value of the 'cursor' property from the <code><a href=#the-img-element>img</a></code> or
-  <code><a href=#the-object-element>object</a></code> element.</p>
+  <p>Shapes on an <a href=#image-map>image map</a> are expected to act, for the
+  purpose of the CSS cascade, as elements independent of the original
+  <code><a href=#the-area-element>area</a></code> element that happen to match the same style rules
+  but inherit from the <code><a href=#the-img-element>img</a></code> or <code><a href=#the-object-element>object</a></code>
+  element.</p>
+
+  <p>For the purposes of the rendering, only the 'cursor' property is
+  expected to have any effect on the shape.</p>
+
+  <p class=example>Thus, for example, if an <code><a href=#the-area-element>area</a></code>
+  element has a <code title=attr-style><a href=#the-style-attribute>style</a></code> attribute that
+  sets the 'cursor' property to 'help', then when the user designates
+  that shape, the cursor would change to a Help cursor.</p>
+
+  <p class=example>Similarly, if an <code><a href=#the-area-element>area</a></code> element had a
+  CSS rule that set its 'cursor' property to 'inherit' (or if no rule
+  setting the 'cursor' property matched the element at all), the
+  shape's cursor would be inherited from the <code><a href=#the-img-element>img</a></code> or
+  <code><a href=#the-object-element>object</a></code> element of the <a href=#image-map>image map</a>, not from
+  the parent of the <code><a href=#the-area-element>area</a></code> element.</p>
 
 
 

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@@ -63447,13 +63447,26 @@ object[align=bottom] {
 
   <h4>Image maps</h4>
 
-  <p>When a user is designating a shape on an <span>image map</span>,
-  if that shape's <code>area</code> element's 'cursor' property has a
-  value explicitly specified (as opposed to inheriting it from the
-  element's parent), then the user agent is expected to use that value
-  as the cursor. Otherwise, the user agent is expected to use the
-  computed value of the 'cursor' property from the <code>img</code> or
-  <code>object</code> element.</p>
+  <p>Shapes on an <span>image map</span> are expected to act, for the
+  purpose of the CSS cascade, as elements independent of the original
+  <code>area</code> element that happen to match the same style rules
+  but inherit from the <code>img</code> or <code>object</code>
+  element.</p>
+
+  <p>For the purposes of the rendering, only the 'cursor' property is
+  expected to have any effect on the shape.</p>
+
+  <p class="example">Thus, for example, if an <code>area</code>
+  element has a <code title="attr-style">style</code> attribute that
+  sets the 'cursor' property to 'help', then when the user designates
+  that shape, the cursor would change to a Help cursor.</p>
+
+  <p class="example">Similarly, if an <code>area</code> element had a
+  CSS rule that set its 'cursor' property to 'inherit' (or if no rule
+  setting the 'cursor' property matched the element at all), the
+  shape's cursor would be inherited from the <code>img</code> or
+  <code>object</code> element of the <span>image map</span>, not from
+  the parent of the <code>area</code> element.</p>