Elementary Standards HTML Tutorial
The tutorials found herein have been written for clarification of existing W3C HTML 5 and HTML 4.01 (and, by extension, xHTML 1.0 as text/html) specifications through the use of real-world examples.
codetype
The codetype attribute specifies the content type of data expected when downloading the object specified by classid. It may be found assigned with the object element.
[Note: This attribute remains optional. However, its use is recommended when classid is specified except when absent, it defaults to the value of the type attribute. Notwithstanding, HTML 5 has obsoleted this attribute.]
- Attribute name:
codetype- Value:
- Content Type
- Example [Basic (Object)]:
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- Code [HTML]:
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<p> <object id="daffyduckdoc" data="daffy-duck-doc.ogv" type="video/ogg" codetype="video/ogg" codebase="http://www.vlvelibrystcks.com/vid/machine/"> <img src="/images/tutorials/daffy-duck-doc.jpg" alt="Title image for 'The Daffy Doc » with Porky' cartoon" title="This application is not supported. Please view image."> </object> </p>
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