The <object> tag is used to include objects such as images, audio, videos, Java applets, ActiveX, PDF, and Flash. The object element allows you to specify the data and parameters for objects inserted into HTML documents, and the code that can be used to display/manipulate that data.
Supported In HTML4: Yes
Supported In HTML5: Yes
HTML4 vs HTML5 Differences: Some HTML 4.01 attributes are not supported in HTML 5. The "form" attribute is new in HTML 5. Objects can be used and submitted in forms.
Attributes
| Title | Values | Description | HTML4 Support | HTML5 Support |
| align | left right top bottom | Yes | No | |
| archive | URL | No | No | |
| border | pixels | No | No | |
| classid | class_ID | No | No | |
| codebase | URL | No | No | |
| data | URL | Defines a URL that refers to the object's data | No | No |
| declare | declare | No | No | |
| form | formname | Defines one ore more forms the object belongs to. | No | No |
| height | pixels | Defines the height of the object | No | No |
| hspace | pixels | No | No | |
| name | unique_name | Defines a unique name for the object (to use when a form is submitted). | No | No |
| standby | text | No | No | |
| type | MIME_type | Defines the MIME type of data specified in the data attribute | No | No |
| usemap | URL | Specifies a URL of a client-side image map to be used with the object | No | No |
| vspace | pixels | No | No | |
| width | pixels | Defines the width of the object | No | No |
Standard Attributes
All standard attributes are supported.
Event Attributes
All event attributes are supported.
HTML5 Tags
- a
- abbr
- acronym
- address
- applet
- area
- article
- aside
- audio
- b
- base
- basefont
- bdo
- big
- blockquote
- body
- br
- button
- canvas
- caption
- center
- cite
- code
- col
- colgroup
- command
- datalist
- dd
- del
- details
- dfn
- dir
- div