HTML <embed> tag

HTML <embed> tag is used to embed an external document in an HTML file which can be a third party application, multimedia, plugin(interactive content), etc. This element is new in HTML5.

Note: The <embed> element can be used to contain third party applications as well multimedia documents but in HTML5 the newly added <audio> and <video> elements are especially used to embed multimedia in HTML document.

Syntax

Following are some specifications about the HTML <embed> tag

Displayblock
Start tag/End tagBoth Start and End tag
UsageEmbed third-party applications

Example 1

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Output:

HTML embed tag

Attribute

Tag-specific attribute

AttributeValueDescription
heightpixelsIt specifies the height of the embedded content
srcURLIt defines the resource location of the embedded document.
typemedia-typeIt specifies the MIME type.
widthpixelsIt determines the width of the embedded content.

Global attribute

The <embed> tag supports the global attributes in HTML

Event attribute

The <embed> tag supports the event attributes in HTML.

Supporting Browsers

Elementchrome browser Chromeie browser IEfirefox browser Firefoxopera browser Operasafari browser Safari
<embed>YesYesYesYesYes




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