<object data="test.pdf" type="application/pdf" width="300" height="200">
alt : test.pdf
</object>
The above code displays the PDF content in html. Whether <object> tag requires any plugin(adobe or any other third party) to display pdf file or it is HTML capabilities.
Please clarify the same?
It depends on the browser. Some have native support for the PDF file format, others do not.
Tag <object> requires plugins.
This tag only provides the browser with the information which browser need to know to display the content of the tag, because initially the browser don't know how to display it to the user.
Also, the text between the <object> and </object> is an alternate text, for browsers that do not support this tag.
Moreover, notice that a lot of attributes of this tag isn't supported by HTML5. More details here.
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I used the "<applet>" tag of HTML long time ago. But after my long gap with HTML, while I am trying with this tag, it does not seem to be working. Does anyone know what is the alternative of "<applet>" tag at HTML5? and which browsers support it?
Applet is no longer supported at HTML5. Just to remind you of applet, I have included one applet example here:
<applet code="Bubbles.class" width="350" height="350">
Java applet that draws animated bubbles.
</applet>
Learn more about applet here: [http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_applet.asp][1]
The alternative of applet at HTML5 is <object> .
The <object> tag defines an embedded object within an HTML document. Use this element to embed multimedia (like audio, video, Java applets, ActiveX, PDF, and Flash) in your web pages.
You can also use the <object> tag to embed another webpage into your HTML document.
You can use the <param> tag to pass parameters to plugins that have been embedded with the <object> tag.
***quoted from w3schools.com.
Example of :
<object width="400" height="400" data="helloworld.swf"></object>
Learn more about object here [http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_object.asp][2]
What is the best way to embed a webpage inside a webpage for maximum support and according to standards?
I've heard an <object> with an <embed /> inside and <iframe /> alone.
Which is better and more proper to use; and more importantly, work more of the time?
<iframe> is fine, it was actually updated with the HTML 5 spec.
See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/iframe for attribute status (deprecated, non-standard, new) and browser support.
<object> and <embed> are often plugin related. If you want to show another page of your site, e.g., http://www.example.com/page2.html, on http://www.example.com/page1.html, use this on page1.html:
<iframe id="myIframe" src="http://www.example.com/page2.html"></iframe>
Height, width, borders, etc. can be defined in CSS.
Using an <iframe> is the correct way to do it. Tutorial on IFRAME: http://manda.com/iframe/
I want to display pdf file view in a division on a webpage for reading. I was using iframe for that. But as i searched about it. iframe is deprecated in html5.
Any other compatible(non flash and if possible not html5) way to show pdf content on webpage just like a pdf displayed with an iframe?
The <iframe> is not deprecated at all. At least, the current HTML5 spec draft on <iframe> doesn't say anything about deprecation. In the future please read the specification itself before making ungrounded assumptions.
There's however an alternative to the <iframe> which allows graceful degradation: the <object> tag which in the below example gracefully degrades to a link when the specified content type is not supported by the browser nor any of its plugins (you know, displaying a PDF file inline requires the Acrobat Reader plugin).
<object data="/url/to/file.pdf" type="application/pdf" width="500" height="300">
Download file.pdf
</object>
This is a perfectly acceptable use of an iframe. It has not been deprecated in HTML5, it even has three new tags (sandbox, seamless, and srcdoc). Or you can use <object> as the other answer suggests.
I am embedding a pdf file in rails view using embed tag, i have write it in simple html and its working fine but i need to write this tag in rails conventions.
The code is like:-
<object data="file1.pdf#toolbar=0&navpanes=0&scrollbar=0" type="application/pdf" width="100%" height="720">
<embed src="file2.pdf#toolbar=0&navpanes=0&scrollbar=0" type="application/pdf" width="100%" height="720" />
</object>
It seems Ruby uses print to output to a client...
print 'Hello World!'
There is no "embed tag", that is an "object element"; using the correct terminology not only makes you look more professional to others though also greatly improves your ability to communicate in fewer steps. 99.9% of the time people are referring to an element, it is the whole element. A very rare correct reference to a tag would be something like, "In XHTML does the meta element self close or does it have an end tag?" (e.g. < meta / > or < meta >< / meta >).
Internet Explorer (as usual) has a bug that is unable to display flash objects correctly in certain situations such as with your code, I'm not sure if this applies to a PDF but they're both Adobe products so best to try this in IE7 to be sure. You need to have a movie parameter element.
Here is everything put together along with Ruby...
<object class="pdf" data="something.pdf" type="application/pdf">
<param name="movie" value="something.pdf" />
<p>This is alternative content that displays if the plugin is not suppoted.</p>
</object>
Another very important clarification: you need to have a height/width set or at least a minimum height and width set otherwise certain browsers (e.g. Firefox) will not load the resource. In fact when I change themes on my site if the dimensions change in the middle of the music playing the whole Flash object resets. Not such a big issue for a PDF though if it forces the browser to reload the PDF it may annoy your visitor and it's ALL about making sure your visitors aren't annoyed by doing things right the first time.
Lastly alternative content is any (X)HTML that appears inside the object element. You can add a link to download a PDF plugin if the client's browser doesn't already support one.
Hope this helps, feel free to ask for clarifications if need be.
In an <object> tag, you can put alternate content, like this:
<object data="image.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
<img alt="Image" src="image.png"/>
</object>
Is there a way to do the same (or something similar) with <embed> tag?
I suppose Javascript could be a solution, but I'm looking for something with only HTML.
I'm sorry to say that embedding arbitrary data types is not yet possible. When loaded by a browser most unrecognized mime types get interpreted as plain HTML.
It's pretty hard to get even basic media types to embed -- see audio and video, which are just starting to gain popular acceptance with HTML5. Most object tags you see are likely restricted to media types that are possible to load via proprietary desktop/browser extensions.