The <object> element inserts a non-standard item such as a java applet or flash animation into the document.
- Netscape 2, 3, 4, 6, 7
- Mozilla 1
- Firefox 1
- Internet Explorer 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Opera 6, 7, 8
- Safari 1
- XHTML 1.0: XHTML Client-Side Image Map Module, XHTML Object Module
- lang (optional)
- name (optional)
- onclick (optional)
- ondblclick (optional)
- onkeydown (optional)
- onkeypress (optional)
- onkeyup (optional)
- onmousedown (optional)
- onmousemove (optional)
- onmouseout (optional)
any element that can be used within the body of an HTML document. The following tags are valid within the <object> tag:
a, abbr, acronym, address, applet, b, basefont, bdo, big, dl, em, fieldset, font, form, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, iframe, img, input, isindex, kbd, label, map, menu, noframes, noscript, object, ol, p, param, pre, q, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, sub, sup, table, textarea, tt, u, ul, var
The <object></object> 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
- call a java applet
<object codebase="http://webdesign.about.com/library/classes" classid="basicApplet.class" width="50" height="100">
Standard Java Applet
</object>
- This tag should be used in place of the applet tag.
- Be sure to enclose descriptive text, HTML, or other information within the object tag to keep it accessible for older browsers and screen readers.
