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<header><h1>&lt;object&gt;: The External Object element</h1></header><div class="section-content"><p>The <code>&lt;object&gt;</code> <a href="../index">HTML</a> element represents an external resource, which can be treated as an image, a nested browsing context, or a resource to be handled by a plugin.</p></div>
<h2 id="try_it">Try it</h2>
<div class="section-content"><iframe class="interactive is-tabbed-standard-height" height="200" src="https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/pages/tabbed/object.html" title="MDN Web Docs Interactive Example" loading="lazy"></iframe></div>
<h2 id="attributes">Attributes</h2>
<div class="section-content">
<p>This element includes the <a href="../global_attributes">global attributes</a>.</p> <dl> <dt id="archive">
<a href="#archive"><code>archive</code></a> <abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr>
</dt> <dd> <p>A space-separated list of URIs for archives of resources for the object.</p> </dd> <dt id="border">
<a href="#border"><code>border</code></a> <abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr>
</dt> <dd> <p>The width of a border around the control, in pixels.</p> </dd> <dt id="classid">
<a href="#classid"><code>classid</code></a> <abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr>
</dt> <dd> <p>The URI of the object's implementation. It can be used together with, or in place of, the <strong>data</strong> attribute.</p> </dd> <dt id="codebase">
<a href="#codebase"><code>codebase</code></a> <abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr>
</dt> <dd> <p>The base path used to resolve relative URIs specified by <strong>classid</strong>, <strong>data</strong>, or <strong>archive</strong>. If not specified, the default is the base URI of the current document.</p> </dd> <dt id="codetype">
<a href="#codetype"><code>codetype</code></a> <abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr>
</dt> <dd> <p>The content type of the data specified by <strong>classid</strong>.</p> </dd> <dt id="data"><a href="#data"><code>data</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>The address of the resource as a valid URL. At least one of <strong>data</strong> and <strong>type</strong> must be defined.</p> </dd> <dt id="declare">
<a href="#declare"><code>declare</code></a> <abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr>
</dt> <dd> <p>The presence of this Boolean attribute makes this element a declaration only. The object must be instantiated by a subsequent <code>&lt;object&gt;</code> element. Repeat the <code>&lt;object&gt;</code> element completely each time the resource is reused.</p> </dd> <dt id="form"><a href="#form"><code>form</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>The form element, if any, that the object element is associated with (its <em>form owner</em>). The value of the attribute must be an ID of a <a href="form"><code>&lt;form&gt;</code></a> element in the same document.</p> </dd> <dt id="height"><a href="#height"><code>height</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>The height of the displayed resource, in <a href="https://drafts.csswg.org/css-values/#px" target="_blank">CSS pixels</a>. — (Absolute values only. <a href="https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/embedded-content.html#dimension-attributes" target="_blank">NO percentages</a>)</p> </dd> <dt id="name"><a href="#name"><code>name</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>The name of valid browsing context (HTML5), or the name of the control (HTML 4).</p> </dd> <dt id="standby">
<a href="#standby"><code>standby</code></a> <abbr class="icon icon-deprecated" title="Deprecated. Not for use in new websites."> <span class="visually-hidden">Deprecated</span> </abbr>
</dt> <dd> <p>A message that the browser can show while loading the object's implementation and data.</p> </dd> <dt id="type"><a href="#type"><code>type</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>The <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/MIME_type">content type</a> of the resource specified by <strong>data</strong>. At least one of <strong>data</strong> and <strong>type</strong> must be defined.</p> </dd> <dt id="usemap"><a href="#usemap"><code>usemap</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>A hash-name reference to a <a href="map"><code>&lt;map&gt;</code></a> element; that is a '#' followed by the value of a <a href="map#name"><code>name</code></a> of a map element.</p> </dd> <dt id="width"><a href="#width"><code>width</code></a></dt> <dd> <p>The width of the display resource, in <a href="https://drafts.csswg.org/css-values/#px" target="_blank">CSS pixels</a>. — (Absolute values only. <a href="https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/embedded-content.html#dimension-attributes" target="_blank">NO percentages</a>)</p> </dd> </dl>
</div>
<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>

<h3 id="embed_a_video">Embed a video</h3>
<div class="section-content">
<h4 id="html">HTML</h4> <div class="code-example">
<p class="example-header"><span class="language-name">html</span></p>
<pre data-signature="u94sPWtd4wCI83rEScsFhbgO+s6tZ/Art1Ewe55cJZs=" data-language="html"><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span>object</span>
  <span class="token attr-name">type</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>video/mp4<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span>
  <span class="token attr-name">data</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/media/cc0-videos/flower.webm<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span>
  <span class="token attr-name">width</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>600<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span>
  <span class="token attr-name">height</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>140<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span><span class="token punctuation">&gt;</span></span>
  <span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;</span>img</span> <span class="token attr-name">src</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>path/image.jpg<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span> <span class="token attr-name">alt</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>useful image description<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span> <span class="token punctuation">/&gt;</span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation">&lt;/</span>object</span><span class="token punctuation">&gt;</span></span>
</pre>
</div> <h4 id="result">Result</h4>
<div class="code-example" id="sect1">

<iframe class="sample-code-frame" title="Embed a video" id="frame_4298" src="https://live.mdnplay.dev/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/object/runner.html?id=4298" loading="lazy"></iframe>
</div> <p>If the video in the example fails to load, the user will be provided with an image as fallback content. The <a href="img"><code>&lt;img&gt;</code></a> tag is used to display an image. We include the <code>src</code> attribute set to the path to the image we want to embed. We also include the <code>alt</code> attribute, which provides the image with an accessible name. If the image also fails to load, the content of the <code>alt</code> attribute will be displayed.</p>
</div>
<h2 id="technical_summary">Technical summary</h2>
<div class="section-content"><figure class="table-container"><div class="_table"><table class="properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="../content_categories">Content categories</a></th> <td> <a href="../content_categories#flow_content">Flow content</a>; <a href="../content_categories#phrasing_content">phrasing content</a>; <a href="../content_categories#embedded_content">embedded content</a>, palpable content; if the element has a <a href="object#usemap" aria-current="page"><code>usemap</code></a> attribute, <a href="../content_categories#interactive_content">interactive content</a>; <a href="../content_categories#form_listed">listed</a>, <a href="../content_categories#form_submittable">submittable</a> <a href="../content_categories#form-associated_content">form-associated</a> element. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted content</th> <td> zero or more <a href="param"><code>&lt;param&gt;</code></a> elements, then <a href="../content_categories#transparent_content_model">transparent</a>. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Tag omission</th> <td>None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted parents</th> <td>Any element that accepts <a href="../content_categories#embedded_content">embedded content</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Implicit ARIA role</th> <td><a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html-aria/#dfn-no-corresponding-role" target="_blank">No corresponding role</a></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted ARIA roles</th> <td>
<a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/application_role"><code>application</code></a>, <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/document_role"><code>document</code></a>, <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/img_role"><code>img</code></a>
</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">DOM interface</th> <td><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLObjectElement"><code>HTMLObjectElement</code></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div></figure></div>
<h2 id="specifications">Specifications</h2>
<div class="_table"><table class="standard-table">
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Specification</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td><a href="https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/iframe-embed-object.html#the-object-element">HTML Standard <br><small># the-object-element</small></a></td></tr></tbody>
</table></div>
<h2 id="browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
<div class="_table"><table>
<thead>
<tr id="bct-browser-type">
<th></th>
<th colspan="6">Desktop</th>
<th colspan="6">Mobile</th>
</tr>
<tr id="bct-browsers">
<th></th>
<th>Chrome</th>
<th>Edge</th>
<th>Firefox</th>
<th>Internet Explorer</th>
<th>Opera</th>
<th>Safari</th>
<th>WebView Android</th>
<th>Chrome Android</th>
<th>Firefox for Android</th>
<th>Opera Android</th>
<th>Safari on IOS</th>
<th>Samsung Internet</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th><code>object</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">3</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><code>archive</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">3</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><code>border</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">3</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><code>classid</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><code>codebase</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">3</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><code>codetype</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">3</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><code>data</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">3</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><code>declare</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">3</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><code>form</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">3</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><code>height</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">3</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><code>name</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">3</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><code>standby</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">3</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><code>tabindex</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">3.1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><code>type</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">3</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><code>usemap</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">3</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th><code>width</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">Yes</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">15</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">3</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">14</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table></div>
<h2 id="see_also">See also</h2>
<div class="section-content"><ul> <li><a href="embed"><code>&lt;embed&gt;</code></a></li> <li><a href="param"><code>&lt;param&gt;</code></a></li> </ul></div><div class="_attribution">
  <p class="_attribution-p">
    &copy; 2005&ndash;2023 MDN contributors.<br>Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.<br>
    <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/object" class="_attribution-link">https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/object</a>
  </p>
</div>