This bug spun from bug 15032. Opera 9.26, Opera 9.50, Firefox 3 RC1 rv:1.9 build 2008051206, Seamonkey 2.0a1 all pass all 4 example-tests in the provided URL's webpage from Chris Haig. Explorer 8 beta 1 passes example-test 1.2. Safari 3.1.1 build 525.17.0 fails all 4 example-tests. Note that example-test 2.2 at http://haignet.co.uk/object-image-map.htm fails just because of bug 5566 Other related/worth-mentioning issues: HTML 4 and HTML 5 both have usemap as an attribute for <object>s: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-object http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#usemap1 http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#adef-usemap Another testcase on <object> and image map: http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/MSIE8Bugs/ObjectImageMapSupport.html Note: I chose Component: HTML DOM but it could be Component: Images instead. +CC Robert Burns
References update: ----------------- HTML 4 and HTML 5 both have usemap as an attribute for the HTML object element: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/embedded-content-0.html#the-object-element " The usemap attribute, if present while the object element represents an image, can indicate that the object has an associated image map. The attribute must be ignored if the object element doesn't represent an image. " http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/the-canvas-element.html#attr-hyperlink-usemap Connect IE beta feedback bug report (id 333636): Image map reference fails if called using the <object> element https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=333636 Internet Explorer 8 passes this test: http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/MSIE8Bugs/ObjectImageMapSupport.html regards, Gérard
Example-tests 1.2 and 2.2 coming from http://haignet.co.uk/object-image-map.htm now PASS in latest stable release Safari 4.0 build 530.17 regards, Gérard
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 15032 ***