How do I highlight parts of an imagemap on mouseover?

html, imagemap, javascript

Solution

After actually using it in production I'd say this is the answer: http://plugins.jquery.com/project/maphilight

Using this it takes a few lines of code to implement that feature for any imagemap.

Problem

I need to display an imagemap with about 70 areas in it. The area of the imagemap the mouse cursor is currently at is supposed to be highlighted in a certain color. Is this possible and if yes, how?

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