<param>

HTML <param> Tag

Instance

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<p><b>Note:</b> Internet Explorer 8, and earlier versions, does not support .wav files. Try to rename the file to "horse.mp3" to test the example in these versions of IE.</p>

<object data="horse.wav">
<param name="autoplay" value="true">
</object>

</body>
</html>

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Browser support

<param> tag supports most Major browsers. However, the file format defined by <object> is not supported by all browsers.

Tag definition and usage instructions

The<param> element allows you to specify run-time settings for objects inserted into XHTML documents, that is, this tag can be The <object> or <applet> tag provides parameters.

Differences between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

HTML 4.01 attributes: "type" and "valuetype" are not supported in HTML5.

Differences Between HTML and XHTML

In HTML, the <param> tag does not have a closing tag.

In XHTML, the <param> tag must be closed correctly.

Properties

Properties	Value	Description
name	name	Defines the name of the parameter (used in scripts).
type	MIME_type	HTML5 is not supported. Define MIME type parameters.
value	value	Describes the parameter value.
valuetype	data ref object	HTML5 is not supported. Describes the type of value.

Global attributes

<param> tag supports global attributes, see the complete attribute table HTML global attributes.

Event attributes

<param> tag supports all HTML event attributes.