Embed Block

An embed of another Hypermedia document, block or text range by hm:// link, rendered as content, a card, its comments or a link.

Seed Hypermedia

23 October 2026, 18:09

Seed Hypermedia

23 October 2026, 18:09

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Extends

The block's permanent identity inside its document.

inherited

revision

Output only: CID of the last Change that modified this block.

optional · inherited

type

Block type tag, always `Embed`.

Embed

optional

link

The embedded resource — an `hm://` URL, optionally pinned to a version, block or text range.

attributes

Embed settings and parent-layout attributes.

optional

childrenType How this block lays out its children — a children type such as `Unordered` or `Grid`.		optional
columnCount Number of columns the children occupy when `childrenType` is `Grid`.		optional
textAlignment Horizontal alignment of the block's text — a text alignment such as `center`; omitted for the default `left`.		optional
view How the target renders: its content, a card, its comments or a plain link.		optional

other fields:

An embed block shows another Hypermedia resource in place. link is required and is an hm:// URL. It may pin a version with ?v=, follow the latest with &l, and narrow the target to a block (#id), a block with its children (#id+) or a text range (#id[start:end]); see URLs. The view attribute is an embed view: Content, Card, Comments or Link. A block comment is a comment whose body starts with an Embed of the quoted block. Renderers detect cycles and fall back to a link.

See also

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