: The Object Parameter element

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The <param> HTML element defines parameters for an {{HTMLElement("object")}} element.

[!NOTE] Use the {{HTMLElement("object")}} element with a data attribute to set the URL of an external resource.

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

• name {{deprecated_inline}}
  • : Name of the parameter.
• value {{deprecated_inline}}
  • : Specifies the value of the parameter.
• type {{deprecated_inline}}
  • : Only used if the valuetype is set to ref. Specifies the MIME type of values found at the URI specified by value.
• valuetype {{deprecated_inline}}
  • : 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 {{HTMLElement("object")}} in the same document.

Technical summary

<table class="properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th scope="row"> <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories" >Content categories</a > </th> <td>None.</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted content</th> <td>None; it is a {{Glossary("void element")}}.</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Tag omission</th> <td>Must have a start tag and must not have an end tag.</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted parents</th> <td> An {{HTMLElement("object")}} before any <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Guides/Content_categories#flow_content" >flow content</a >. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Implicit ARIA role</th> <td> <a href="https://w3c.github.io/html-aria/#dfn-no-corresponding-role" >No corresponding role</a > </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted ARIA roles</th> <td>No <code>role</code> permitted</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">DOM interface</th> <td>{{domxref("HTMLParamElement")}}</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{HTMLElement("object")}}