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HTML <object> tag

HTML <object> tag is used to embed multimedia files on webpage. The <object> tag can include multimedia files such as video, audio, image, PDF, Java Applets, or another page on your page.

HTML <param> tag also used with <object> tag to pass parameters to plugin which has been included with <object> tag.

If you insert text between the <object> and </object> tags, then it will only be displayed if the browser does not support the <object> tag.

Syntax

     <object data="" type=""></object>

Following are some specifications about the HTML <object > tag

Display	Inline
Start tag/End tag	Both Start and End tag
Usage	Embed external resource

Example

Embedding a Video:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Obejct Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
 <h2>Example of Object tag</h2>
 <object height="250" width="500" data="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O5hShUO6wxs"></object>
</body>
</html>

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Output:

Embedding a gif image:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Obejct Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
 <h2>Example of Object tag</h2>
 <object height="250" width="500" data="circle.gif">Sorry!,Your browser does not support</object>
</body>
</html>

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Output:

Attribute:

Tag-specific attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description
data	URL	It specifies the address of the resource.
type	content_type	It determines the content type of the resource specified by data.
archive	URL	It specifies the space-separated list of URL's for archives of resources for the object. (Not supported in HTML5).
border	pixels	It sets the width of the border around the <object> (Not supported in HTML5).
classid	URL	It specifies the URL for the object implementation. (Not supported in HTML5).
codebase	URL	It specifies the base path where to find the code for the object. (Not supported in HTML5).
form	form_id It	specifies the form element that the object element is associated with.
height	pixels	It defines the height of the object.
width	pixels	It determines the width of the object.
typemustmatch	boolean	It specifies that resource should be embedded if type attribute matches with the actual content type of the resources provided on the data attribute.
name	name	It defines the name for the object.

Global attribute:

The <object > tag supports the global attributes in HTML

Event attribute:

The <object > tag supports the event attributes in HTML.

Supporting Browsers

Element	Chrome	IE	Firefox	Opera	Safari
<object>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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