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object object

Browser support:
Specifies an object to be included in an HTML document.
The object element allows authors to embed external applications. Use the param element to specify additional object properties. The properties depend on the embedded application.

Syntax:

Methods that return the object:
•document.createElement ("object")
The base interface, through which you can add new functionalities to the object object, is the HTMLObjectElement interface.
If you want to see the HTML objects by categories, please visit this page.
HTML page for this element: object

Possible members:

 Properties
Methods
Events
Style properties
accessKey
Sets or retrieves an access key to an element.
align
Sets or retrieves the object's position with respect to the surrounding text.
all
Represents a collection of all elements contained by an element or the entire document.
alt
Sets or retrieves an alternate text that is displayed when the file associated with the element cannot be displayed.
altHtml
Sets or retrieves the HTML content that is executed if the object or applet element fails to load.
archive
Sets or retrieves a space-separated list of URLs for archive files.
attributes
Represents a collection of attribute nodes that belong to an element.
BaseHref
Returns the base URL for the object element.
baseURI
10
 Returns the base URL for the object.
behaviorUrns
Represents a collection of the Uniform Resource Names for all behaviors attached to an element.
border
Sets or retrieves the thickness of the border.
canHaveChildren
Retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the element can contain child elements.
canHaveHTML
Retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the element can contain HTML formatted text.
childElementCount
93.5
 Returns the number of element nodes that are direct descendants of the current element.
childNodes
Represents a collection of all nodes that are direct descendants of an element.
children
3.5
 Represents a collection of all element nodes that are direct descendants of an element.
classId
Sets or retrieves the class identifier of the embedded application.
classid
Sets or retrieves the class identifier of the embedded application.
className
Sets or retrieves the style class or classes that belong to the element.
clientHeight
Returns the height of the visible area for an object, in pixels. The value contains the height with the padding, but it does not include the scrollBar, border, and the margin.
clientLeft
Returns the width of the left border in pixels.
clientTop
Returns the height of the top border in pixels.
clientWidth
Returns the width of the visible area for an object, in pixels. The value contains the width with the padding, but does not include the scrollBar, border, and the margin.
code
Sets or retrieves the name of the Java class file that contains the Java applet.
codeBase
Sets or retrieves the base location that relative URLs specified in the classid, data and archive properties are relative to.
codeType
Sets or retrieves the MIME type (media type) of the application that should be used by the object element.
contentDocument
8
 Retrieves the document generated by a frame or iframe element.
contentEditable
3
 Sets or retrieves whether the contents of the object are editable.
currentStyle
Represents the computed style settings for an element.
data
Sets or retrieves the location of the data for an object.
declare
Sets or retrieves whether an object is only a declaration (it isn't downloaded until it's needed).
dir
Sets or retrieves the text direction as related to the lang property.
disabled
Sets or retrieves the state of an object for user interaction.
draggable
3.55
 Sets or retrieves whether an element is draggable.
filters
Represents a collection of all filter objects applied to an element.
firstChild
Returns a reference to the first child of the current element.
firstElementChild
93.5
 Returns a reference to the first child element of the current element.
form
Returns a reference to the form element in which the object is placed.
height
Specifies or returns the height of an element.
hideFocus
Specifies or returns whether a dotted rectangle (focus rectangle) is drawn around an object while it has focus.
hspace
Specifies or returns the number of pixels to use as a margin at the left and right sides of the object.
id
Sets or retrieves a unique identifier for the object.
innerHTML
Sets or retrieves the inner HTML content (the source code between the opening and closing tags) of an element.
innerText
Sets or returns the text content of an element including the text content of its descendants.
isContentEditable
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the contents of the object are editable by the user.
isDisabled
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the object is disabled.
isMultiLine
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the contents of an element can be multiline or not.
isTextEdit
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the createTextRange method can be used for the element.
lang
Specifies or returns the language of the element.
language
Sets or retrieves the scripting language for the current element. Use it only for the script element.
lastChild
Returns a reference to the last child of the current element.
lastElementChild
93.5
 Returns a reference to the last child element of the current element.
localName
9
 Returns the local part of the qualified name of the current node.
name
Sets or retrieves the name of an element.
namespaceURI
93.6
 Sets or returns the namespace URI of the current node.
nextElementSibling
93.5
 Returns a reference to the next child element of the current element's parent.
nextSibling
Returns a reference to the next child of the current element's parent.
nodeName
Returns the name of the current node.
nodeType
Returns an integer that indicates the type of the node.
nodeValue
Sets or returns the value of the current node.
object
Returns a reference to the object embedded with a object or applet element.
offsetHeight
Returns the height of the visible area for an object, in pixels. The value contains the height with the padding, scrollBar, and the border, but does not include the margin.
offsetLeft
Returns the left position of an object relative to the left side of its offsetParent element, in pixels.
offsetParent
Returns a reference to the closest ancestor element in the DOM hierarchy from which the position of the current element is calculated.
offsetTop
Returns the top position of the object relative to the top side of its offsetParent element, in pixels.
offsetWidth
Returns the width of the visible area for an object, in pixels. The value contains the width with the padding, scrollBar, and the border, but does not include the margin.
outerHTML
Sets or retrieves the outer HTML content (the source code including the opening and closing tags) of an element.
outerText
Sets or returns the text content of an element including the text content of its descendants.
ownerDocument
Returns the document object that contains the current node.
parentElement
Returns the parent element of the object in the DOM hierarchy.
parentNode
Returns the parent element of the current node in the DOM hierarchy.
parentTextEdit
Returns the closest ancestor element of the current element in the DOM hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange object.
previousElementSibling
93.5
 Returns a reference to the previous child element of the current element's parent.
previousSibling
Returns a reference to the previous node of the current element's parent.
readyState
Returns a string value that represents the state of the object.
readyState
Returns an integer value that indicates the state of the object element.
recordset
Sets or retrieves a reference to the default record set in a data source.
runtimeStyle
Represents the overridden style settings for an element.
scopeName
Retrieves the local name of the namespace declared for the current element.
sourceIndex
Returns the position of the current object in the all collection of the document.
standby
Specifies or returns a text message that will be displayed while the object is loading.
style
Represents the inline style settings for an element or a CSS rule.
tabIndex
Specifies or returns the tabbing order for keyboard navigation using the TAB key.
tagName
Returns the tag name of the current element.
tagUrn
Sets or retrieves the Uniform Resource Name (URN) of the namespace declared for the current element.
textContent
9
 Sets or returns the text content of an element including the text content of its descendants.
title
Specifies or returns a tooltip for an element.
type
Specifies or returns the content type (MIME type) of the object or the linked object.
uniqueID
Returns the unique identifier generated by the browser for the object.
unselectable
Sets or retrieves whether the selection process can start in an element's content.
useMap
Sets or retrieves the URL to use as an image map.
vspace
Specifies or returns the number of pixels to use as a margin at the top and bottom sides of an object.
width
Specifies or returns the default width of the element.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the object element to embed a Macromedia Flash Movie.
The codeBase attribute of the object tag is missing from this example. You can check the version of the user's Flash player with this attribute in Internet Explorer, and if it does not exist or its version is lower than required, the browser pops up an installation dialog. Unfortunately, the use of the codeBase attribute causes problems in Firefox. See Example 2 for a cross-browser solution or the codeBase attribute for further details.
 
<object data="flash.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300px" height="200px">
        <!-- If flash player is not installed, pluginurl helps the user to download it in Firefox -->
    <param name="pluginurl" value="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
    
    <param name="movie" value="flash.swf" />  
    <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFE0" />  
    <param name="quality" value="high" />
</object>
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Example HTML code 2:

This example illustrates the use of the object attribute with Macromedia Flash Player.
It clearly focuses on cross-browser support only, and it isn’t standards-compliant, but there isn't any standards-compliant cross-browser way to embed a Flash application into a document with Flash Player detection.
 
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="300" height="120" 
        codebase="http://fpdownload.adobe.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0">
    <param name="movie" value="flash.swf" />
    <!-- Optional params -->
    <param name="play" value="true" />
    <param name="loop" value="true" />
    <param name="quality" value="high" />
    <!-- END Optional -->
    <embed src="flash.swf" width="300" height="120" play="true" 
        loop="true" quality="high" 
        pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" /> 
</object>
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Example HTML code 3:

This example has similar functionality to the previous one, but it creates the Macromedia Flash Movie dynamically.
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flash.js 
<head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="flash.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function CreateFlash () {
            var flashContainer = document.getElementById ("flashContainer");
            var flash = new Flash ();
            flash.Init (flashContainer, "flash.swf", 300, 200);
            flash.SetParam ('bgcolor', '#000000');
            flash.SetParam ('quality', 'high');
            flash.Create ();
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body onload="CreateFlash ()">
    <div id="flashContainer"></div>
</body>
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Related pages:

param

External links:

object element (MSDN)
object element (Safari Reference Library)
object element (W3C)
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