`<param>` HTML object parameter element

Deprecated

Avoid using this feature in new projects. This feature may be a candidate for removal from web standards or browsers.

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

Note: Use the <object> element with a data attribute to set the URL of an external resource.

Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

Name of the parameter.

Specifies the value of the parameter.

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

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.

Content categories	None.
Permitted content	None; it is a void element.
Tag omission	Must have a start tag and must not have an end tag.
Permitted parents	An `<object>` before any flow content.
Implicit ARIA role	No corresponding role
Permitted ARIA roles	No `role` permitted
DOM interface	`HTMLParamElement`