modals are not working with <area> links

Created by: tgirod

From the documentation on modals: http://getbootstrap.com/javascript/#modals-options

Adding a href attribute pointing to a page will load the page's content inside .modal-content. It works for a regular link, it works for a button, but it doesn't work for a <area> link.

<area shape="poly" coords="..." data-toggle="modal" data-target="#modal">

This will toggle my #modal display with its default content.

<area shape="poly" coords="..." data-toggle="modal" data-target="#modal" href="remote.html">

Won't toggle my modal display but simply follow the link instead.