<param>

Summary

The HTML <param> Element (or HTML Parameter Element) defines parameters for <object>.

• Content categories None.
• Permitted content None, it is an empty element.
• Tag omission As it is a void element, the start tag must be present and the end tag must not be present.
• Permitted parent elements An <object> before any flow content.
• DOM interface HTMLParamElement

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

name

Name of the parameter.

type

Only used if the valuetype is set to "ref". Specifies the MIME type of values found at the URI specified by value.

value

Specifies the value of the parameter.

valuetype

Specifies the type of the value attribute. Possible values are:

• data: Default value. The value is passed to the object's implementation as a string.
• ref: The value is a URI to a resource where run-time values are stored.
• object: An ID of another <object> in the same document.

Examples

Please see the <object> page for examples on <param>.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• <object>