| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| No | HTML 4 |
| IE5.5+ | FF1+ | SA1.3+ | OP9.2+ | CH2+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
Syntax
codetype="MIME type"
Description
The
codetype attribute defines the MIME type of the embedded
object, as specified in the data attribute. This
shouldn’t be confused with the type attribute, which
is used to specify the MIME type of data that the
object consumes.
Example
This codetype
attribute identifies an embedded Word document:
<object data="Hello.doc" codetype="application/msword"></object>
Value
This attribute takes as its value a
MIME type in the format type/subtype; for example,
"text/html", "image/x-rgb", or
"application/java".
Compatibility
| Internet Explorer | Firefox | Safari | Opera | Chrome | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.0 |
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
Every browser listed supports this attribute.
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