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Tag Reference - object

Description

Attributes


align
Sets the alignment of the object, relative to the text. An alignment of left, right or centre will cause text to flow around the object.

archive
URL of a Java archive file to use.

border
Sets the width of the border around the object.

class
The CSS style class to be applied to this tag. This could be used, for example, to create a style for "important" items, using a line in the style sheet as below:

.important { font-color: red }

This can be applied to the tag as follows:

<b class="important">This is important.</b>

classid

code
The Java class file to use.

codebase
The base URL for class referencing.

codetype

data

datafld
In Internet Explorer 4 and above, this specifies the column name from the data source which supplies the data for this tag.

dataformatas
In Microsoft's implementation, this specifies whether to treat the data loaded from the data-source as HTML (which is then parsed) or plain text.

datasrc
In Internet Explorer 4 and above, this specifies the "id" of the data source object which will supply the data for this tag.

declare

dir
Overrides the direction of the text from the standard direction. "rtl" displays the text from right to left, "ltr" from left to right.

height
Sets the height of the object.

hspace
Specifies the horizontal spacing around the object.

id
A unique alphanumeric identifier used to identify this object/tag. This identifier can be used in scripting languages to refer to the tag or object.

lang
The language of the text enclosed by this tag, as defined in RFC 1766 (eg en-gb for British English).

name
Defines a name for this tag - in <a> tags it may be used in a hyperlink to jump directly to the tag's location.

standby

style
Inline style-sheet information.

tabindex
This identifies the object's position in the tab order of the page when the TAB key is pressed.

title
Advisory text for this tag - this could define an abbreviation or acronym, explain where a link goes or provide some other useful description.

type
Specifies the MIME type of the linked document.

usemap
Indicates that the image is a client-side image map as defined by the URL in the value. This should normally be an internal URL (i.e. starting with #) which points to a named <map> element within the current page.

vspace
Specifies the vertical space around the object.

width
Sets the width of the object.