#summary The applet element allows you to embed a Java applet in an HTML document.
#labels about-html,is-html-element,from-w3c

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== Usage ==

{{{
<applet code="bubbles-followed-us-everywhere.class"
        width="500"
        height="500">
</applet>
}}}

The `<applet>` element is deprecated in [SpecificationHTML4 HTML 4] (in favor of [ObjectElement <object>]), but browsers still support it.

== Attributes ==

  * [AppletAlignAttribute align]
  * [AppletAltAttribute alt]
  * [AppletArchiveAttribute archive]
  * [AppletBorderAttribute border]
  * [AppletCodeAttribute code]
  * [AppletCodebaseAttribute codebase]
  * [AppletHeightAttribute height]
  * [AppletHspaceAttribute hspace]
  * [AppletMayscriptAttribute mayscript]
  * [AppletNameAttribute name]
  * [AppletObjectAttribute object]
  * [AppletSrcAttribute src]
  * [AppletVspaceAttribute vspace]
  * [AppletWidthAttribute width]

== Browser compatibility ==

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|| *Test* || *IE8* || *IE7* || *IE6* || *FF3* || *FF2* || *Saf3* || *Op9* || *Chrome* ||
|| [http://doctype.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/tests/html/elements/applet-element-appears-in-dom-test.html appears in DOM] || Y || Y || Y || Y || Y || Y || Y || Y ||
|| [http://doctype.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/tests/html/elements/applet-element-applies-style-test.html applies style] || Y || N || N || Y || Y || Y || Y || Y ||

== Further reading ==

  * [http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/objects.html#h-13.4 The applet element in HTML 4]
  * [http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535183.aspx The applet element on MSDN]
  * [http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/tagpages/a/applet.htm The history of the applet element on blooberry.com]