<param>
Published Mar 24, 2022Updated Jul 1, 2022
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The <param>
element is used within an <object>
element to pass parameters to the resource it is displaying.
Syntax
<param name="parameter name" value="parameter value" />
The <param>
element uses two attributes:
- A
name
for the parameter. - A
value
to specify the named parameter’s value.
Example
This example will play the “sound.wav” file as soon as the browser finishes loading the page:
<object type="audio/x-wav" data="sound.wav"><param name="autoplay" value="true" /></object>
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