HTML <param> Tag

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Description

The <param> HTML element is intended for passing parameter values to Java applets or web page objects created using the <applet> or <object> elements. This approach allows you to directly change the characteristics of the object directly in the HTML document code without additional compilation. The number of simultaneously used <param> elements can be more than one, and for each of them a "name = value" pair is specified through the name and value attributes.

Properties

Permitted Parents: An <object> before any flow content
Content: None. It is an empty element.
Start/End Tags: Start tag: required, End tag: forbidden

Example

HTML

<object title="Elevator" classid="elevator.class">

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

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

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

</object>

Attributes

Attribute	Definition
name	Defines the name of the parameter.
value	Specifies the value of the parameter.
type	Specifies content type of the resource specified by the `value` attribute, but only where valuetype is set to "ref".

Global Attributes

The <param> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML5

Event Attributes

The <param> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML5

Browser Support

The following information will show you the current browser support for the HTML <param> tag. Hover over a browser icon to see the version that first introduced support for this HTML tag.