HTML <embed> Tag
To embed an external document in an HTML file, the HTML <embed> tag is used. The external document can be a third-party application, multimedia, plugin, etc. It was introduced in HTML5. Other than the HTML <embed> tg the HTML <audio> and <video> tags are also used to embed multimedia in HTML documents.
Syntax:
<embed src=" " ></embed>
Example:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <h2>Example:</h2> <embed src="img.jpg" height="200" width="300"> </body> </html>
Explanation:
In the above example, we are using the HTML <embed> tag to include a JPG file in an HTML document.
Tag Specific Attributes:
| Attribute | Value | Uses |
| height | pixels | Used to define the height of the embedded content. |
| src | URL | Used to define the address of the external file to embed. |
| type | media_type | Used to define the media type of the embedded content. |
| width | pixels | Used to define the width of the embedded content. |
Global Attributes:
The Global attributes are supported by the HTML <embed> tag.
Event Attributes:
The Event attributes are supported by the HTML <embed> tag.
Supporting Browsers:
Chrome, IE, Firefox, Opera, and Safari.
