embed element | embed object (Internet Explorer)

embed element | embed object

Allows documents of any type to be embedded.

HTML information

Closing Tag	forbidden
CSS Display	inline

DOM Information

Inheritance Hierarchy

Node

Element

HTMLElement

embed

Members

The embed object has these types of members:

Events
Methods
Properties

Events

The embed object has these events.

Event	Description
click	Fires when the user clicks the left mouse button on the object. Note Starting with IE11, this event fires a MSPointerEvent object instead of MouseEvent. You can use the MouseEvent. pointerType property to determine the type of contact that the click originated from (touch, mouse, or pen).
abort	Fires when the user aborts the download.
activate	Fires when the object is set as the active element.
afterupdate	Fires on a databound object after successfully updating the associated data in the data source object.
beforeactivate	Fires immediately before the object is set as the active element.
beforecopy	Fires on the source object before the selection is copied to the system clipboard.
beforecut	Fires on the source object before the selection is deleted from the document.
beforepaste	Fires on the target object before the selection is pasted from the system clipboard to the document.
beforeupdate	Fires on a databound object before updating the associated data in the data source object.
blur	Fires when the object loses the input focus.
cellchange	Fires when data changes in the data provider.
change	Fires when the contents of the object or selection have changed.
contextmenu	Fires when the user clicks the right mouse button in the client area, opening the context menu. Note Starting with IE11, this event fires a MSPointerEvent object instead of MouseEvent. You can use the MouseEvent. pointerType property to determine the type of contact that the click originated from (touch, mouse, or pen).
controlselect	Fires when the user is about to make a control selection of the object.
cut	Fires on the source element when the object or selection is removed from the document and added to the system clipboard.
dataavailable	Fires periodically as data arrives from data source objects that asynchronously transmit their data.
datasetchanged	Fires when the data set exposed by a data source object changes.
dblclick	Fires when the user double-clicks the object. Note Starting with IE11, this event fires a MSPointerEvent object instead of a MouseEvent. You can use the MouseEvent. pointerType property to determine the type of contact that the click originated from (touch, mouse, or pen).
deactivate	Fires when the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document.
error	Fires when an error occurs during object loading.
errorupdate	Fires on a databound object when an error occurs while updating the associated data in the data source object.
filterchange	Fires when a visual filter changes state or completes a transition.
focus	Fires when the object receives focus.
focusin	Fires for an element just prior to setting focus on that element.
focusout	Fires for the current element with focus immediately after moving focus to another element.
help	Fires when the user presses the F1 key while the client is the active window.
input	Occurs when the text content of an element is changed through the user interface.
layoutcomplete	Fires when the print or print preview layout process finishes filling the current LayoutRect object with content from the source document.
load	Fires immediately after the client loads the object.
losecapture	Fires when the object loses the mouse capture.
mousedown	Fires when the user clicks the object with either mouse button.
mouseenter	Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer into the object.
mouseleave	Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer outside the boundaries of the object.
mousemove	Fires when the user moves the mouse over the object.
mouseout	Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer outside the boundaries of the object.
mouseover	Fires when the user moves the mouse pointer into the object.
mouseup	Fires when the user releases a mouse button while the mouse is over the object.
mousewheel	Fires when the wheel button is rotated.
move	Fires when the object moves.
moveend	Fires when the object stops moving.
movestart	Fires when the object starts to move.
mselementresize	Fires when certain HTML elements are resized.
onbeforedeactivate	Fires immediately before the activeElement is changed from the current object to another object in the parent document.
ondatasetcomplete	Fires to indicate that all data is available from the data source object.
onselect	Fires when the current selection changes.
paste	Fires on the target object when the user pastes data, transferring the data from the system clipboard to the document.
propertychange	Fires when a property changes on the object. Note The onpropertychange event is only supported in conjunction with the legacy attachEvent IE-only event registration model, which has deprecated since Internet Explorer 9 in favor of the W3C standard " addEventListener" event model.
readystatechange	Fires when the state of the object has changed.
reset	Fires when the user resets a form.
resize	Fires when the size of the object is about to change.
resizeend	Fires when the user finishes changing the dimensions of the object in a control selection.
resizestart	Fires when the user begins to change the dimensions of the object in a control selection.
rowenter	Fires to indicate that the current row has changed in the data source and new data values are available on the object.
rowexit	Fires just before the data source control changes the current row in the object.
rowsdelete	Fires when rows are about to be deleted from the recordset.
rowsinserted	Fires just after new rows are inserted in the current recordset.
scroll	Fires when the user repositions the scroll box in the scroll bar on the object.

Methods

The embed object has these methods.

Method	Description
addBehavior	Attaches a behavior to the element.
applyElement	Makes the element either a child or parent of another element.
attachEvent	Note attachEvent is no longer supported. Starting with IE11, use addEventListener. For info, see Compatibility changes. Binds the specified function to an event, so that the function gets called whenever the event fires on the object.
blur	Causes the element to lose focus and fires the onblur event.
clearAttributes	Removes all attributes and values from the object.
click	Simulates a click by causing the onclick event to fire.
cloneNode	Copies a reference to the object from the document hierarchy.
componentFromPoint	Returns the component located at the specified coordinates via certain events.
contains	Checks whether the given element is contained within the object.
detachEvent	Unbinds the specified function from the event, so that the function stops receiving notifications when the event fires.
doScroll	Note doScroll is no longer supported. Starting with IE11, use scrollLeft or scrollTop. For info, see Compatibility changes. Simulates a click on a scroll bar component.
dragDrop	Initiates a drag event.
fireEvent	Fires a specified event on the object.
focus	Causes the element to receive the focus and executes the code specified by the onfocus event.
getAdjacentText	Returns the adjacent text string.
getAttribute	Retrieves the value of the specified attribute.
getAttributeNode	Retrieves an attribute object referenced by the attribute. name property.
getAttributeNodeNS	Gets an attribute object that matches the specified namespace and name.
getAttributeNS	Gets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace.
getBoundingClientRect	Retrieves an object that specifies the bounds of a collection of TextRectangle objects.
getClientRects	Retrieves a collection of rectangles that describes the layout of the contents of an object or range within the client. Each rectangle describes a single line.
getElementsByClassName	Gets a collection of objects that are based on the value of the class attribute.
getElementsByTagName	Retrieves a collection of objects based on the specified element name.
getElementsByTagNameNS	Gets a collection of objects that are based on the specified element names within a specified namespace.
getSVGDocument	Gets Document object for the referenced document, or null if there is no document.
hasAttribute	Determines whether an attribute with the specified name exists.
hasAttributeNS	Determines whether an attribute that has the specified namespace and name exists.
hasAttributes	Determines whether one or more attributes exist for the object.
hasChildNodes	Returns a value that indicates whether the object has children.
insertAdjacentElement	Inserts an element at the specified location.
insertAdjacentHTML	Inserts the given HTML text into the element at the location.
insertAdjacentText	Inserts the given text into the element at the specified location.
mergeAttributes	Copies all read/write attributes to the specified element.
msMatchesSelector	Determines whether an object matches the specified selector.
normalize	Merges adjacent DOM objects to produce a normalized document object model.
releaseCapture	Removes mouse capture from the object in the current document.
removeAttribute	Removes an attribute from an object.
removeAttributeNode	Removes an attribute object from the object.
removeAttributeNS	Removes the specified attribute from the object.
removeBehavior	Detaches a behavior from the element.
removeNode	Removes the object from the document hierarchy.
replaceAdjacentText	Replaces the text adjacent to the element.
replaceNode	Replaces the object with another element.
scrollIntoView	Causes the object to scroll into view, aligning it either at the top or bottom of the window.
setActive	Sets the object as active without setting focus to the object.
setAttribute	Sets the value of the specified attribute.
setAttributeNode	Sets an attribute object node as part of the object.
setAttributeNodeNS	Sets an attribute object as part of the object.
setAttributeNS	Sets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace.
setCapture	Sets the mouse capture to the object that belongs to the current document.
swapNode	Exchanges the location of two objects in the document hierarchy.

Properties

The embed object has these properties.

Property	Description
accessKey	Sets or retrieves the access key for the object.
align	Sets or retrieves how the object is aligned with adjacent text.
ATOMICSELECTION	Specifies whether the element and its contents must be selected as a whole, indivisible unit.
attributes	Retrieves a collection of attributes of the object.
canHaveChildren	Gets a value indicating whether the object can contain child objects.
canHaveHTML	Retrieves the value indicating whether the object can contain rich HTML markup.
childElementCount	Retrieves the number of immediate child nodes of the current element or a zero if the element does not contain any child nodes. childElementCount does not return all child nodes, only child nodes that are nodeType =1, or element nodes.
className	Sets or retrieves the class of the object.
clientHeight	Retrieves the height of the object including padding, but not including margin, border, or scroll bar.
clientLeft	Retrieves the distance between the offsetLeft property and the true left side of the client area.
clientTop	Retrieves the distance between the offsetTop property and the true top of the client area.
clientWidth	Retrieves the width of the object including padding, but not including margin, border, or scroll bar.
constructor	Returns a reference to the constructor of an object.
dir	Sets or retrieves the reading order of the object.
firstChild	Gets a reference to the first child in the childNodes collection of the object.
firstElementChild	Retrieves a reference to the first child element, or null if there are no child elements.
height	Sets or retrieves the height of the object.
hidden	Sets or retrieves the value indicating whether the embedded object is invisible.
hideFocus	Sets or gets the value that indicates whether the object visibly shows that it has focus.
id	Sets or retrieves the string identifying the object.
innerHTML	Sets or retrieves the HTML between the start and end tags of the object.
innerText	Sets or retrieves the text between the start and end tags of the object.
isContentEditable	Gets the value that indicates whether the user can edit the contents of the object.
isDisabled	Gets the value that indicates whether the user can interact with the object.
isMultiLine	Retrieves the value indicating whether the content of the object contains one or more lines.
isTextEdit	Retrieves whether a TextRange object can be created using the object.
lang	Sets or retrieves the language to use.
language	Sets or retrieves the language in which the current script is written. Note This has been superceded by the type attribute for the script element. If you are using javascript alone, you don't need to specify a type or language with the script element.
lastChild	Gets a reference to the last child in the childNodes collection of an object.
lastElementChild	Retrieves a reference to the last child element or null if there are no child elements.
nextElementSibling	Retrieves a reference to the sibling element that immediately follows or null if the element does not have any sibling elements that follow it.
nextSibling	Retrieves a reference to the next child of the parent for the object.
nodeName	Gets the name of a particular type of node.
nodeType	Retrieves the type of the requested node.
nodeValue	Gets or sets the value of a node.
offsetHeight	Retrieves the height of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
offsetLeft	Retrieves the calculated left position of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
offsetParent	Retrieves a reference to the container object that defines the offsetTop and offsetLeft properties of the object.
offsetTop	Retrieves the calculated top position of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
offsetWidth	Retrieves the width of the object relative to the layout or coordinate parent, as specified by the offsetParent property.
outerHTML	Sets or retrieves the object and its content in HTML.
outerText	Sets or retrieves the text of the object.
ownerDocument	Retrieves the document object associated with the node.
palette	Retrieves the palette used for the embedded document.
parentElement	Retrieves the parent object in the object hierarchy.
parentNode	Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy.
parentTextEdit	Retrieves the container object in the document hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange containing the original object.
pluginspage	Retrieves the URL of the plug-in used to view an embedded document.
previousElementSibling	Retrieves a reference to the immediately preceding sibling element or null if the element does not have any preceding siblings.
previousSibling	Gets a reference to the previous child of the parent for the object.
readyState	Retrieves the current state of the object.
recordNumber	Retrieves the ordinal record from the data set that generated the object.
role	Sets or retrieves the role for this element.
scopeName	Gets the namespace defined for the element. This property is not supported for Windows apps using JavaScript.
scrollHeight	Retrieves the scrolling height of the object.
scrollLeft	Sets or retrieves the distance between the left edge of the object and the leftmost portion of the content currently visible in the window.
scrollTop	Sets or retrieves the distance between the top of the object and the topmost portion of the content currently visible in the window.
scrollWidth	Retrieves the scrolling width of the object.
sourceIndex	Retrieves the ordinal position of the object, in source order, as the object appears in the document's all collection.
src	Sets or retrieves a URL to be loaded by the object.
style	Sets an inline style for the element.
tagName	Retrieves the tag name of the object.
tagUrn	Sets or gets the URN specified in the namespace declaration. This property is not supported for Windows apps using JavaScript.
title	Sets or retrieves advisory information (a ToolTip) for the object.
type	Sets or retrieves the MIME type of the object.
uniqueID	Retrieves an autogenerated, unique identifier for the object.
uniqueNumber	Retrieves the element's unique number.
units	Sets or retrieves the height and width units of the embed object.
width	Sets or retrieves the width of the object.
x-ms-format-detection	Determines whether data formats within content are automatically detected and (if found) converted to clickable links.

Standards information

HTML 4.01 Specification (Deprecated)

Remarks

The embed element must appear inside the body element of the document.

Users need to have an application that can view the data installed on their computer.

Tip: In some cases, you may achieve better results by adding the file name extension of the add-on as a query parameter to the file name specified in the src attribute. For more information, see Build Flexible, Lightweight XML-Based Images for ASP.NET Using Scalable Vector Graphics.

Performance Note: Windows Internet Explorer relies on the MIME type of the resource specified in the src attribute to ultimately determine which application to use to display the embedded document. If the type attribute has not been specified, a large portion (if not all) of the resource will be downloaded from the server twice; once to determine the MIME type, and again to retrieve the complete item for playback, display, or both. Specify the type attribute to block this duplicate server request.

Because the embed element loads external software programs (also called add-ons or plug-ins), the configuration of the user's software environment can affect the way Internet Explorer interprets the embed element. For example, if the src attribute value specifies a file by using a file name extension different from the one typically associated with the add-on loaded by the embed element, Internet Explorer uses the value of the type attribute to determine the add-on to load. As a result, Web developers should specify values for as many attributes as possible, including src, type, and pluginspage.

As of HTML 4.01, the embed element is deprecated in favor of the object element.

Examples

The following use of the embed element mimics the behavior of the bgSound tag.


<embed type="audio/x-midi" src="BackInTheSaddle.mid" hidden="true">

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