HTMLEmbedElement

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

The HTMLEmbedElement interface provides special properties (beyond the regular HTMLElement interface it also has available to it by inheritance) for manipulating <embed> elements.

Note: This topic describes the HTMLEmbedElement interface as defined in the standard. It does not address earlier, non-standardized version of the interface.

EventTarget Node Element HTMLElement HTMLEmbedElement

Instance properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.

HTMLEmbedElement.align Deprecated

A string representing an enumerated property indicating alignment of the element's contents with respect to the surrounding context. The possible values are "left", "right", "center", and "justify".

HTMLEmbedElement.height

A string reflecting the height HTML attribute, containing the displayed height of the resource.

HTMLEmbedElement.name Deprecated

A string representing the name of the embedded object.

HTMLEmbedElement.src

A string that reflects the src HTML attribute, containing the address of the resource.

HTMLEmbedElement.type

A string that reflects the type HTML attribute, containing the type of the resource.

HTMLEmbedElement.width

A string that reflects the width HTML attribute, containing the displayed width of the resource.

Instance methods

Also inherits methods from its parent interface, HTMLElement.

HTMLEmbedElement.getSVGDocument()

Returns the embedded SVG as a Document.

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# htmlembedelement

Browser compatibility

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Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
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Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
HTMLEmbedElement
align
Deprecated
getSVGDocument
height
name
Deprecated
src
type
width

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Full support
Full support
Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
See implementation notes.

See also

  • The HTML element implementing this interface: <embed>