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by Ian Lloyd

name (HTML attribute)

Browser support full matrix
IE5.5+ FF1+ Saf1.3+ Op9.2+
Full Full Full Full
Spec
Depr. Version
No HTML 3.2
name="parameter name"

Example

The name of the parameter here is "shape":

<param name="shape" value="triangle"/>

Description

This required attribute defines what data is being passed to the object or applet in the parameter.

Value

The value of the param’s name attribute very much depends on the type of object being embedded into the web page. Whatever parameter name is being used, the understanding is that the object is able to make sense of the information being passed to it, hence in the example above, the param is named "shape", so the Java applet would presumably have an interface with a function that accepts various values, one of which is a shape variable - it should understand, therefore, that a shape is being passed in and will also need to act on the value passed to it in the value attribute.

Compatibility

IE5.5Full
6.0Full
7.0Full
Firefox1.0Full
1.5Full
2.0Full
Safari1.3Full
2.0Full
3.0Full
Opera9.2Full
9.5Full

Every browser listed supports this attribute.

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