Revision 1115703 of HTMLEmbedElement

<div>{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}</div>

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<p>The <strong><code>HTMLEmbedElement</code></strong> interface, which provides special properties (beyond the regular {{domxref("HTMLElement")}} interface it also has available to it by inheritance) for manipulating {{HTMLElement("embed")}} elements.</p>

<div class="note">
<p>This topic describes the <code><span class="external">HTMLEmbedElement</span></code> interface as defined in the standard. It does not address earlier, non-standardized version of the interface.</p>
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<h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2>

<p><em>Inherits properties from its parent, {{domxref("HTMLElement")}}.</em></p>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("HTMLEmbedElement.align")}} {{obsolete_inline}}</dt>
 <dd>Is a {{domxref("DOMString")}} reflecting the {{htmlattrxref("height", "embed")}} HTML attribute, containing the displayed height of the resource.</dd>
 <dt>{{domxref("HTMLEmbedElement.height")}}</dt>
 <dd>Is a {{domxref("DOMString")}} representing an enumerated property indicating alignment of the element's contents with respect to the surrounding context. The possible values are <code>"left"</code>, <code>"right"</code>, <code>"center"</code>, and <code>"justify"</code>.</dd>
 <dt>{{domxref("HTMLEmbedElement.name")}} {{obsolete_inline}}</dt>
 <dd>Is a {{domxref("DOMString")}} representing the name of the embedded object.</dd>
 <dt>{{domxref("HTMLEmbedElement.src")}}</dt>
 <dd>Is a {{domxref("DOMString")}} that reflects the {{htmlattrxref("src", "embed")}} HTML attribute, containing the address of the resource.</dd>
 <dt>{{domxref("HTMLEmbedElement.type")}}</dt>
 <dd>Is a {{domxref("DOMString")}} that reflects the {{htmlattrxref("type", "embed")}} HTML attribute, containing the type of the resource.</dd>
 <dt>{{domxref("HTMLEmbedElement.width")}}</dt>
 <dd>Is a {{domxref("DOMString")}} that reflects the {{htmlattrxref("width", "embed")}} HTML attribute, containing the displayed width of the resource.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Methods">Methods</h2>

<p><em>No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, {{domxref("HTMLElement")}}.</em></p>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML WHATWG', "embedded-content-0.html#the-embed-element", "HTMLEmbedElement")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td>No change from {{SpecName("HTML5 W3C")}}, but it formally adds two obsolete properties, <code>name</code> and <code>align</code>, to help with compatibility with old Web sites.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5 W3C', "embedded-content-0.html#the-embed-element", "HTMLEmbedElement")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>

<div id="compat-desktop">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari (WebKit)</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop(1.0)}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
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<div id="compat-mobile">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>IE Phone</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoMobile(1.0)}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
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<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li>The HTML element implementing this interface: {{ HTMLElement("embed") }}</li>
</ul>