HTML param Tag

by Online Tutorials Library July 14, 2014

HTML <param> tag

HTML <param> tag is used to pass the parameters to the object that has been embedded using <object> element.

We can use more than one <param> tag within an <object> element in any order, but each tag must contain name and value attribute and should be placed at the start of the content.

The <param> tag controls the behaviour of the <object> element using a different pair of the name of value attributes, such as autoplay, controller, etc.

Syntax

Following are some specifications about the HTML <param> tag

Display	Inline
Start tag/End tag	Empty Tag(End tag forbidden)
Usage	Programming

Example

    <!DOCTYPE html>  <html>  <head>  <title>Param Tag</title>  </head>  <body>  <h2>Example of Param Tag</h2>  <object data=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/JHq3pL4cdy4″ >  <param name=”controller” value=”true”>  </object>  </body>  </html>  

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Output:

HTML param tag

Attribute:

Tag-specific attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description
Name	text	It determines the name of the parameter.
value	text	It determines the value of the parameter.
type	content_type	It specifies the media type of the parameter, and it only used if the valuetype is set to “ref.” (Not Supported in HTML5)
valuetype	data ref object	It determines the type of the value attribute. (Not Supported in HTML5)

Global attribute:

HTML <param> tag supports the global attributes in HTML.

Event attribute:

HTML <param> tag supports the event attributes in HTML.

Supporting Browsers

Element	Chrome	IE	Firefox	Opera	Safari
<param>	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

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