HTML 5 <object> Tag

The HTML <object> tag is used for embedding an object within an HTML document. Use this tag to embed multimedia in your web pages.

You can use the <param> tag to pass parameters to plugins that have been embedded using the <object> tag.

You can also use the <object> tag to embed another webpage into your HTML document.

Example

The following examples demonstrate usage of the <object> tag.

• Example 1 demonstrates embedding a Quicktime movie into a web page.
• Example 2 demonstrates embedding another HTML document into the web page.

Attributes

HTML tags can contain one or more attributes. Attributes are added to a tag to provide the browser with more information about how the tag should appear or behave. Attributes consist of a name and a value separated by an equals (=) sign, with the value surrounded by double quotes. Here's an example, style="color:black;".

There are 3 kinds of attributes that you can add to your HTML tags: Element-specific, global, and event handler content attributes.

The attributes that you can add to this tag are listed below.

Element-Specific Attributes

The following table shows the attributes that are specific to this tag/element.

Global Attributes

The following attributes are standard across all HTML 5 tags.

For a full explanation of these attributes, see HTML 5 global attributes.

Event Handler Content Attributes

Event handler content attributes enable you to invoke a script from within your HTML. The script is invoked when a certain "event" occurs. Each event handler content attribute deals with a different event.

Here are the standard HTML 5 event handler content attributes.

For a full explanation of these attributes, see HTML 5 event handler content attributes.