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.

Source Code	Result
<h4>Example 1 (click and drag)</h4> <object type="video/quicktime" data="/web_design/paris_vegas.mov" width="350" height="95"></object><br /> <h4>Example 2</h4> <object data="/html_5/tags/html_object_tag_example.cfm" width="350" height="95"></object><br />

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.

Attribute	Description
data	Specifies the location of data to be used by the object. The value must be a valid URL.
type	Specifies the object type as specified in the data attribute. Must be a valid MIME type.
name	Assigns the name of the object.
usemap	Specifies the name of an image map to use on this object.
form	Specifies the ID of a form to which this object belongs. Possible values: [The ID of a form element in the element's owner Document]
width	Specifies the width, in pixels, to display the external content. Possible values: [Non-negative integer] (for example, 300)
height	Specifies the height, in pixels, to display the external content. Possible values: [Non-negative integer] (for example, 150)

Global Attributes

The following attributes are standard across all HTML 5 tags.

accesskey	draggable	style
class	hidden	tabindex
contenteditable	id	title
contextmenu	lang
dir	spellcheck

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.

onabort	onerror*	onmousewheel
onblur*	onfocus*	onpause
oncanplay	onformchange	onplay
oncanplaythrough	onforminput	onplaying
onchange	oninput	onprogress
onclick	oninvalid	onratechange
oncontextmenu	onkeydown	onreadystatechange
ondblclick	onkeypress	onscroll
ondrag	onkeyup	onseeked
ondragend	onload*	onseeking
ondragenter	onloadeddata	onselect
ondragleave	onloadedmetadata	onshow
ondragover	onloadstart	onstalled
ondragstart	onmousedown	onsubmit
ondrop	onmousemove	onsuspend
ondurationchange	onmouseout	ontimeupdate
onemptied	onmouseover	onvolumechange
onended	onmouseup	onwaiting

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