




HTML <embed> tag
HTML <embed> tag is used to embed an external document in an HTML file which can be a third party application, multimedia, plugin(interactive content), etc. This element is new in HTML5. 
Note: The <embed> element can be used to contain third party applications as well multimedia documents but in HTML5 the newly added <audio> and <video> elements are especially used to embed multimedia in HTML document. 
Syntax


<embed src=" " ></embed> 


Following are some specifications about the HTML <embed> tag


Display
block


Start tag/End tag
Both Start and End tag


Usage
Embed third-party applications


Example 1


<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<title>Embed Tag</title>

<style>

	h2{

	color: #cd5c5c;}

	p{

	color: #20b2aa;

	font-style: italic;}

 </style>

</head>

<body>

<h2>Example of embed tag</h2>

<p>The Dancing Penguin</p>

<embed src="giphy.gif" height="200" width="300"></embed>

</body>

</html>



Output:

Attribute
Tag-specific attribute


Attribute
Value
Description


height
pixels
It specifies the height of the embedded content


src
URL
It defines the resource location of the embedded document.


type
media-type
It specifies the MIME type. 


width
pixels
It determines the width of the embedded content.


Global attribute
The <embed> tag supports the global attributes in HTML
Event attribute
The <embed> tag supports the event attributes in HTML.
Supporting Browsers

Element Chrome IE Firefox Opera Safari
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