HTML <object> Tag

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Description

The <object> HTML element tells the browser how to load and display objects that the browser does not understand initially. Typically, such objects require a special module called a plug-in to connect to the browser, or the launch of an auxiliary program.
Additionally, the <param> element can be placed inside the <object> container, which passes additional parameters for displaying the object.

Properties

Permitted Parents: Any element that accepts embedded content
Content: Block, inline, and text; any <param> elements must come first
Start/End Tags: Start tag: required, End tag: required

Example

HTML

<object title="Elevator">

  <param name="audio" value="elev.au">

  <param name="width" value="200">

  <param name="height" value="100">

</object>

Attributes

Attribute	Definition
data	Defines a URL that refers to the object's data
type	Defines the MIME type of data specified in the data attribute
name	Defines the name for an object (to use in scripts)
usemap	Specifies a URL of a client-side image map to be used with the object
width	Defines the width of the object
height	Defines the height of the object