Webmaster in a Nutshell, Third Edition

Name

<object>

Synopsis

<object> ... </object>

Insert an object into the document. This tag is used to specify applets, OLE controls, and other media objects.

Attributes

align =value

Specify how the object is aligned with other elements in the document. Values include baseline, center, left, middle, right, textbottom, textmiddle, and texttop.

archive =list

Specify a list of URLs of archives containing resources used by this object.

border =n

Set the width of the object’s border if it is a hyperlink.

classid =url

Identify the class identifier of the object. The syntax of the URL depends on the object type.

codebase =url

Identify the URL of the object’s codebase. The syntax of the URL depends on the object.

codetype =codetype

Specify the media type of the code.

data =url

Specify the URL of the data used for the object. The syntax of the URL depends on the object.

declare

Declare an object without instantiating it.

height =n

Specify the height of the object in pixels.

hspace =n

Specify the amount of space in pixels between the sides of the object and the surrounding elements.

name =url

Specify the name of the object.

notab

Do not make this object part of the tabbing order.

shapes

Indicate shaped hyperlinks in object.

standby =message

Specify message to display during object loading.

tabindex =n

Specify this object’s position in the tabbing order.

type =type

Specify the media type for data.

usemap =url

Specify image map to use with object.

vspace =n

Specify the ...