<applet></applet>

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<applet> Description:

Used to include a Java applet in a Web page.

Deprecated in favor of the <object></object> element.

<applet> Web Browser Support:

Firefox 1, 2
Internet Explorer 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Mozilla 1
Netscape 6, 7, 8
Opera 6, 7, 8, 9
Safari 1, 2
HTML 3.2, 4.0, Loose DTD
XHTML 1.0: Applet Module, Name Identification Module

<applet> Attributes:

All attributes are optional unless indicated.

<applet> End Tag:

</applet> REQUIRED

<applet> Contents:

CDATA Information describing the applet that is displayed for browsers that can't display applets. The following tags are valid within the <applet> tag:
a, abbr, acronym, applet, b, basefont, bdo, big, br, button, cite, code, dfn, em, font, i, iframe, img, input, kbd, label, map, object, param, q, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, textarea, tt, u, var

<applet> Valid Context:

The <applet> tag is valid within the following tags:
a, abbr, acronym, address, applet, b, bdo, big, blockquote, body, button, caption, center, cite, code, dd, del, dfn, div, dt, em, fieldset, font, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, i, iframe, ins, kbd, label, legend, li, noframes, noscript, object, p, pre, q, s, samp, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, td, th, tt, u, var

<applet> Usage:

standard applet (deprecated)

<applet codebase="http://webdesign.about.com/library/classes" code="basicApplet.class" width="50" height="100" alt="Basic Applet"> </applet>

re-written as an object (non-deprecated)

<object codetype="application/java" classid="java:basicApplet.class" codebase="http://webdesign.about.com/library/classes" width="50" height="100">
 Basic Applet
 </object>