HTML DOM Object Object

Object Object

The Object object represents the HTML <object> element.

Accessing an Object Object

You can access the <object> element using getElementById():

var x = document.getElementById("my object");

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Creating an Object Object

You can create an <object> element using the document.createElement() method:

var x = document.createElement("OBJECT");

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Object Properties

Attributes Description
align

Not supported in HTML5.Please use style.cssFloat.

Set or return the alignment of the object relative to the surrounding text.

archive

Not supported in HTML5.

Set or return a string value that can be used to implement your own object archiving feature.

border

Not supported in HTML5.Please use style.border.

Set or return the border around the object.

code

Not supported in HTML5.

Set or return the URL of the file containing compiled Java classes.

codeBase

Not supported in HTML5.

Set or return the URL of the component.

codeType Not supported in HTML5.
data Set or return the URL of the resource to be used by the object.
declare Not supported in HTML5.
form Return a reference to the object's parent form.
height Set or return the height of the object.
hspace

Not supported in HTML5.Please use style.margin.

Set or return the horizontal margin of the object.

name Set or return the name of the object.
standby

Not supported in HTML5.

Set or return the message when loading the object.

type Set or return the content type of the data downloaded through the data attribute.
useMap Set or return the name of the client-side image map to be used with the object.
vspace

Not supported in HTML5.Please use style.margin.

Set or return the vertical margin of the object.

width Set or return the width of the object.

Standard attributes and events

The Object object supports both standardsAttributesandEvents.

Related Pages

HTML Reference Manual:HTML <object> Tag