Extension:ImageMap

ImageMap is an extension which allows clickable image maps. An image map is a list of coordinates in a specific image, which hyperlinks areas of the image to multiple destinations (in contrast to a normal image link, in which the entire area of the image links to a single destination). For example, a map of the world may have each country hyperlinked to further information about that country. The intention of an image map is to provide an easy way of linking various parts of an image without dividing the image into separate image files.

Simple example without caption


The above example always links to the Main Page, no matter where you click on it. To find out more about the image, click on the blue "i" icon.

Complex example with caption


The above example links to many different pages, depending on where you click it. To find out more about the image, click on the double-rectangle icon.

Syntax description
The contents of an &lt;imagemap> tag consists of blank lines, comments (starting with #) and logical lines. The first logical line specifies the image to be displayed. This must be in the same format as an ordinary MediaWiki image link, except without the enclosing and. If the first line specifies a " " or " " image, then the first line's caption and any alt parameter are treated as the image's caption and alt text in the usual way; otherwise, the first line's alt parameter (or, if absent, any caption) specifies the image's alt text. In neither case does the image itself have title text (often used for tooltips); any title text is taken from the regions described in later lines.

Further lines are split into tokens, separated by whitespace. The function of each line is determined by the first token in the line. All coordinates are according to the full-size image, not the visible image. They should be specified as distance from left edge (horizontal pixel count), distance from top (vertical pixel count).


 * desc : Specifies the location of the image description link. May be either top-right, bottom-right, bottom-left, top-left or none. This puts a blue "i" icon [[Image:Desc-20.png|link=|alt=]] in the specified corner, linking to the image description page. The default is bottom-right. To hide the description link, set it to none. Possible values: top-right, bottom-right, bottom-left, top-left, none. This parameter is ignored for " " or " " images, which instead employ the usual double-rectangle icon [[Image:Magnify-clip.png|link=|alt=]].


 * Example:


 * poly: A polygon. The coordinates of the vertices are given, followed by a link in square brackets. Polygons must be defined before any other form!


 * rect : A rectangle. The parameters are the coordinates of the top-left and bottom-right corners, followed by a title to link to in square brackets.


 * circle: A circle. The first two parameters are the coordinates of the center, the third is the radius. The coordinates are followed by a link in square brackets.


 * default: This gives the default link, where no other regions are specified.

All coordinates are specified relative to the source image. The image can be scaled using thumbnail syntax, in which case the image map coordinates will be automatically scaled as well.

All links are given in either the form Page title or description. In the latter case, the part after the pipe "|" becomes the title attribute of the link—in most browsers, it will pop up as a tooltip when the user hovers over it; the part after the pipe also becomes the alt text for the link. If no explicit link description is given, the page title is used.

Areas which overlap give precedence to the first link listed.

Installation Guide

 * 1) Download the files from SVN or download a snapshot (select your version of MediaWiki) and place the files under $IP/extensions/ImageMap
 * 2) Add to the end of LocalSettings.php:
 * 3) Installation can now be verified through Special:Version on your wiki


 * Troubleshooting:
 * 1) Check to see if your php DOM is turned on. You may need to install it if it is not.
 * 2) Check whether ImageMagick is installed, since this extension relies on /usr/bin/convert for the resizing. If it is not present, you could get a page with only XML errors (tip: use the back-button in the browser, because you can still edit the page).

Parameters to allow external links
For older releases:
 * Note that the extension parameters must be below the extension's require_once
 * $wgImageMapAllowExternalLinks = false</tt>
 * Set this to true to enable external links (http://www.example.com) as link destination

Usage with templates
If you want this extension (as with most tag extensions) to parse template parameters, magic words, or parser functions, you will need to use #tag syntax, such as w:Template:Click did.