Screen hotspot
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A screen hotspot, in computing
, provides a special area on the display screen of a computer for hyperlink
ing or for other GUI
-based activity (such as re-direction
, pop-up display, macro execution, etc).
Hotspots may not look visually distinct: however a mouseover
operation will often reveal them by changing the shape of the mouse-pointer
icon
.
Computing
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, provides a special area on the display screen of a computer for hyperlink
Hyperlink
In computing, a hyperlink is a reference to data that the reader can directly follow, or that is followed automatically. A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document. Hypertext is text with hyperlinks...
ing or for other GUI
Gui
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-based activity (such as re-direction
URL redirection
URL redirection, also called URL forwarding and the very similar technique domain redirection also called domain forwarding, are techniques on the World Wide Web for making a web page available under many URLs.- Similar domain names :...
, pop-up display, macro execution, etc).
Hotspots may not look visually distinct: however a mouseover
Mouseover
In computing a mouseover, mouse hover or hover box refers to a GUI event that is raised when the user moves or "hovers" the cursor over a particular area of the GUI. The technique is particularly common in web browsers where the URL of a hyperlink can be viewed in the status bar...
operation will often reveal them by changing the shape of the mouse-pointer
Cursor (computers)
In computing, a cursor is an indicator used to show the position on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input from a text input or pointing device. The flashing text cursor may be referred to as a caret in some cases...
icon
Icon
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.