Editing HTML element (section)

===Images and objects===
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{{term|term=applet |content= {{XMLElement|applet|Java Applet|deprecated=xhtml}} }}
{{defn|1= Embeds a [[Java applet]] in the page. Deprecated in favor of {{tag|object|o}}, as it could only be used with Java applets, and had accessibility limitations.}}
{{defn|'''Standardized''' in [[#HTML32|HTML 3.2]]; '''deprecated''' in [[#HTML401|HTML 4.0 Transitional]]; '''invalid''' in [[#HTML401|HTML 4.0 Strict]]. As of 2011, still widely used as the implementations of the replacing {{tag|object|o}} are not consistent between different browsers.}}

{{term|term=area |content= {{XMLElement|area|Area|end=no}} }}
{{defn|1= Specifies a [[Focus (computing)|focusable]] area in a {{tag|map|o}}.}}
{{defn|'''Standardized''' in [[#HTML32|HTML 3.2]]; still current.}}

{{term|term=audio |content= {{XMLElement|audio|Audio}} }}
{{defn|1= Adds playable [[HTML audio]] to the page. The audio URL is determined using the <code>src</code> attribute. Supported audio formats vary from browser to browser.}}
{{defn|'''Standardized''' in [[#HTML5|HTML5]].}}

{{term|term=canvas |content= {{XMLElement|canvas|Canvas}} }}
{{defn|1= {{Main|Canvas element}}
Adds a canvas whose contents can be edited with [[JavaScript]]. Frequently used for online games.}}
{{defn|'''Standardized''' in [[#HTML5|HTML5]].}}

{{term|term=embed |content= {{XMLElement|embed|Embed}} }}
{{defn|1= Inserts a non-standard object (like applet) or external content (typically non-HTML) into the document.}}
{{defn|Deprecated in HTML 4 in favor of {{tag|object|o}}, but then was added back into the HTML5 specification<ref>[http://webdesign.about.com/od/htmltags/p/bltags_embed.htm Jennifer Kyrnin ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102014318/http://webdesign.about.com/od/htmltags/p/bltags_embed.htm |date=2012-11-02 }} {{tag|embed|o}}</ref><ref>[https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_embed.asp W3Schools] about {{tag|embed|o}}</ref>}}

{{term|term=img |content= {{XMLElement|img|Image|end=no}} }}
{{defn|1= Used by visual user agents to insert an [[image]] in the document. The <code>src</code> attribute specifies the image URL. The required [[Alt attribute|<code>alt</code> attribute]] provides alternative text in case the image cannot be displayed.<ref>The alt attribute's text cannot be styled with markup; as a result, other methods of alternative text presentation, such as [[Fahrner Image Replacement]], have been devised to accommodate situations in which the coder wishes styled text to be displayed if images are disabled in a user's browser.</ref> (Though <code>alt</code> is intended as alternative text, Microsoft [[Internet Explorer]] 7 and below render it as a [[tooltip]] if no <code>title</code> attribute is given.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc288472.aspx#access | title=What's New in Internet Explorer 8 – Accessibility and ARIA | publisher=Microsoft
  | website=[[Microsoft Developer Network|MSDN]]
  | access-date=2009-07-22}}</ref> [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] and [[Google Chrome]], on the other hand, do not display the alt attribute at all.)<ref>{{citation|url=https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5566 |title=Bug 5566 – ALT attribute value sometimes not displayed when image is missing |publisher=Bugs.webkit.org |access-date=2012-03-26}}</ref> The {{tag|img|s}} element was first proposed by [[Marc Andreessen]] and implemented in the [[Mosaic (web browser)|NCSA Mosaic]] web browser.<ref>{{citation|url=http://1997.webhistory.org/www.lists/www-talk.1993q1/0182.html |title=WWW-Talk Jan-Mar 1993: proposed new tag: IMG |publisher=1997.webhistory.org |access-date=2012-03-26}}</ref>}}
{{defn|<code>IMG</code> existed in ''[[#HTMLDRAFT12|HTML Internet Draft 1.2]]'', and was '''standardized''' in [[#HTML20|HTML 2.0]]; still current.}}

{{term|term=map |content= {{XMLElement|map|Image Map}} }}
{{defn|1= Specifies a client-side [[image map]].}}
{{defn|'''Standardized''' in [[#HTML32|HTML 3.2]]; still current.}}

{{term|term=object |content= {{XMLElement|object|Object}} }}
{{defn|1= Includes an object in the page of the type specified by the <code>type</code> attribute. This may be in any [[MIME]]-type the user agent understands, such as an embedded HTML page, a file to be handled by a plug-in such as [[Adobe Flash Player|Flash]], a [[Java (programming language)|Java]] [[applet]], a sound file, etc.}}
{{defn|'''Standardized''' in [[#HTML401|HTML 4.0]]; still current.}}

{{term|term=param |content= {{XMLElement|param|Object Parameter|end=no}} }}
{{defn|1= Originally introduced with {{tag|applet|o}}, this element is now used with {{tag|object|o}}, and should only occur as a child of {{tag|object|o}}. It uses [[HTML attributes]] to set a parameter for the object, e.g. width, height, font, background color, etc., depending on the type of object. An object can have multiple {{tag|param|s}} elements.}}
{{defn|'''Standardized''' in [[#HTML32|HTML 3.2]]; still current.}}

{{term|term=source |content= {{XMLElement|source|Source}} }}
{{defn|1= Specifies different sources for audio or video. Makes use of the <code>src</code> attribute in a way similar to the {{tag|video|o}} and {{tag|audio|o}} elements.}}
{{defn|'''Standardized''' in [[#HTML5|HTML5]].}}

{{term|term=track |content= {{XMLElement|track|Track}} }}
{{defn|1= Provides text tracks, like subtitles and captions, for audio and video.}}
{{defn|'''Standardized''' in [[#HTML5|HTML5]].}}

{{term|term=video |content= {{XMLElement|video|Video}} }}
{{defn|1= Adds a playable [[HTML video]] to the page. The video URL is determined using the <code>src</code> attribute. Supported video formats vary from browser to browser.}}
{{defn|'''Standardized''' in [[#HTML5|HTML5]].}}
{{glossary end}}