The HTML <param>
element defines parameters for an <object>
element.
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 parents | An <object> before any flow content. |
Permitted ARIA roles | None |
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
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
HTML Living Standard The definition of '<param>' in that specification. |
Living Standard | |
HTML5 The definition of '<param>' in that specification. |
Recommendation | |
HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of '<param>' in that specification. |
Recommendation |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 1 | Yes | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
name | 1 | Yes | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
type | 1 | Yes | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
value | 1 | Yes | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
valuetype | 1 | Yes | 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Feature | Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge mobile | Firefox for Android | IE mobile | Opera Android | iOS Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
name | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
type | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
value | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
valuetype | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4 | Yes | Yes | Yes |