Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

EMBED — NN 3 IE 4 DOM n/a

Synopsis

The EMBED object reflects the EMBED element. This object is treated differently in Navigator and Internet Explorer. In Navigator, the object exposes the properties and methods of the plugin that plays the media loaded into the EMBED element. As a result, the precise set of properties and methods varies with the plugin being used for the multimedia content (and is not shown in the lists below). Access to the object is via the element’s name. IE, on the other hand, is more straightforward in its treatment of the object as just another element with its unique set of properties and methods (listed below). This means, however, that IE cannot control the plugin through scripting as Navigator can.

HTML Equivalent

<EMBED>

Object Model Reference

NN

[window.]document. elementName

IE

[window.]document.all. elementID

[window.]document.embeds(i)

Properties

accessKey	hidden	name	outerText	src
className	id	offsetHeight	palette	style
clientHeight	innerHTML	offsetLeft	parentElement	tabIndex
clientLeft	innerText	offsetParent	parentTextEdit	tagName
clientTop	isTextEdit	offsetTop	pluginspage	title
clientWidth	lang	offsetWidth	readyState	units
document	language	outerHTML	sourceIndex

Methods

blur( )	getAttribute( )	removeAttribute( )
click( )	insertAdjacentHTML( )	scrollIntoView( )
contains( )	insertAdjacentText( )	setAttribute( )