HTMLAreaElement: pathname property

The HTMLAreaElement.pathname property is a string containing an initial '/' followed by the path of the URL not including the query string or fragment (or the empty string if there is no path).

The pathname is percent-encoded when setting but not percent-decoded when read.

Value

A string.

Examples

// An <area id="myArea" href="/en-US/docs/HTMLAreaElement"> element is in the document
const area = document.getElementById("myArea");
area.pathname; // returns '/en-US/docs/HTMLAreaElement'

Specifications

• HTML

See also

• The HTMLAreaElement interface it belongs to.