HTML <object> tag

HTML <object> tag

The <object> tag is used to embed an object in an HTML document.

An object can be an audio, video, ActiveX, PDF, Flash Java items that are handled by browser plugins.

Example

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <object data="/resume.pdf" width="400" height="500"></object> </body> </html>

Attributes

The following are the attributes of <object> tag. Also try Global attributes.

AttributeValueExplanation
dataURLSpecifies the URL of the object (resource).
formform_idSpecifies the object belongs to one or more forms.
heightpxSpecifies the height of the object.
namenameSpecifies the name of the object.
typemedia_typeSpecifies the media_type of the object.
typemustmatch-Specifies the type attribute and the actual content type of the resource must match to be used.
usemap#mapnameSpecifies the partial URL (starting with #) of a map element associated with the element.
widthpxSpecifies the width of the object.

Deprecated Attributes

The following attributes should not be used in any case.

AttributeValueExplanation
align
  • top
  • bottom
  • middle
  • left
  • right
Specifies the alignment of the <object>.
archiveURLSpecifies a space-separated list of URIs for archives of resources for the object.
borderpxSpecifies the width of the border around the object.
classidclass_IDSpecifies the URI of the object's implementation.
codebaseURLSpecifies the link to the object code.
codetypemedia_typeSpecifies the content type of the data specified by classid.
declare-Specifies the object is only declared, but not created.
hspacepxSpecifies the whitespace on the left and right side of an object.
standbytextSpecifies a text to display while the <object> element is loading the object from the server.
vspacepxSpecifies the whitespace on the top and bottom side of an object.

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