<param>

The HTML <param> element defines parameters for an <object> element.

Content categories	None.
Permitted content	None, it is an empty element.
Tag omission	As it is a void element, the start tag must be present and the end tag must not be present.
Permitted parents	An <object> before any flow content.
Permitted ARIA roles	None
DOM interface	HTMLParamElement

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

name

Name of the parameter.

type deleted

Only used if the valuetype is set to "ref". Specifies the MIME type of values found at the URI specified by value.

value

Specifies the value of the parameter.

valuetype deleted

Specifies the type of the value attribute. Possible values are:

• data: Default value. The value is passed to the object's implementation as a string.
• ref: The value is a URI to a resource where run-time values are stored.
• object: An ID of another <object> in the same document.

Examples

Please see the <object> page for examples on <param>.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of '<param>' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5 The definition of '<param>' in that specification.	Recommendation
HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of '<param>' in that specification.	Recommendation

Browser compatibility

See also

• <object>