Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

HEIGHT, WIDTH — NN 2 IE 3 HTML n/a

Synopsis

HEIGHT=”length"

WIDTH=”length"

Required

The size that an embedded object (or its plugin control panel) occupies in a document is governed by the HEIGHT and WIDTH attribute settings. Some browser versions might allow you to get away without assigning these attributes, letting the plugin’s own user interface design determine the height and width of its visible rectangle. It is best to specify the exact dimensions of a plugin’s control panel whenever possible. (Control panels vary with each browser and even between different plugins for the same browser.) In some cases, such as Navigator 4 for the Macintosh, the control panel does not display if you fail to supply enough height on the page for the control panel. If you assign values that are larger than the actual control panel, the browser reserves that empty space on the page, which could interfere with your intended page design.

Example

<EMBED SRC="jazz.aif" HEIGHT=150 WIDTH=250></EMBED>

Value

Positive integer values (optionally quoted) or percentage values (quoted). You cannot entirely hide an embedded object’s control panel by setting values to zero (one pixel always shows and occupies space), but you can reduce its height and width to one pixel in each dimension. If you want to hide a plugin, do so with DHTML by setting its positioning display attribute to none. Navigator also includes a HIDDEN attribute that is backward compatible for that browser brand.

Default

None.

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