BaseHref Property | Internet Development Index |
Retrieves a string of the URL where the object tag can be found. This is often the href of the document that the object is in, or the value set by a base element.
Syntax
HTML N/A Scripting [ sURL = ] OBJECT.BaseHref
Possible Values
sURL String that receives the URL of the object. The property is read-only. The property has no default value.
Remarks
Use the BaseHref property to resolve relative paths when locating an object. The following rules determine the resulting sURL .
- If the object element is on a page containing a base element, then sURL takes the value of the base.href property.
- If the?B>object element is on a page with javascript, vbscript or about?A HREF="../properties/protocol.html">protocol URLs, then?I>sURL takes the value of the current page's parent page URL. This applies to object.BaseHref property requests in iframe/ frame elements as well.
- For all other object elements, sURL takes the value of the page they are found on.
Standards Information
There is no public standard that applies to this property.
Applies To
OBJECT