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HTMLEmbedElement

The HTMLEmbedElement interface, which provides special properties (beyond the regular HTMLElement interface it also has available to it by inheritance) for manipulating <embed> elements.

This topic describes the HTMLEmbedElement interface as defined in the standard. It does not address earlier, non-standardized version of the interface.

Properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.

HTMLEmbedElement.align: Is a DOMString representing an enumerated property indicating alignment of the element's contents with respect to the surrounding context. The possible values are "left", "right", "center", and "justify".
HTMLEmbedElement.height: Is a DOMString reflecting the height HTML attribute, containing the displayed height of the resource.
HTMLEmbedElement.name: Is a DOMString representing the name of the embedded object.
HTMLEmbedElement.src: Is a DOMString that reflects the src HTML attribute, containing the address of the resource.
HTMLEmbedElement.type: Is a DOMString that reflects the type HTML attribute, containing the type of the resource.
HTMLEmbedElement.width: Is a DOMString that reflects the width HTML attribute, containing the displayed width of the resource.

Methods

No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLEmbedElement' in that specification.	Living Standard	Adds two obsolete properties, `name` and `align`, to help with compatibility with old Web sites.
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLEmbedElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	Yes Yes Starting with Chrome 58, this interface can no longer be called as a function.	Yes	1	Yes	Yes Yes Starting with Opera 45, this interface can no longer be called as a function.	Yes

	Mobile
	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	iOS Safari	Samsung Internet
Basic support	Yes Yes Starting with Chrome 58, this interface can no longer be called as a function.	Yes Yes Starting with Chrome 58, this interface can no longer be called as a function.	Yes	4	Yes Yes Starting with Opera 45, this interface can no longer be called as a function.	Yes	?

HTMLEmbedElement

Properties

Methods

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

See also