The GIF pane embeds a .gif image file in a panel if provided a local path, or will link to a remote image if provided a URL.

Parameters:¶

For layout and styling related parameters see the customization user guide.

• alt_text (str, default=None): alt text to add to the image tag. The alt text is shwon when a user cannot load or display the image.
• embed (boolean, default=False): If given a URL to an image this determines whether the image will be embedded as base64 or merely linked to.
• link_url (str, default=None): A link URL to make the image clickable and link to some other website.
• object (str or object): The string to display. If a non-string type is supplied the repr is displayed.
• style (dict): Dictionary specifying CSS styles

The GIF pane can be pointed at any local or remote .gif file. If given a URL starting with http or https, the embed parameter determines whether the image will be embedded or linked to:

Like any other pane the GIF pane can be updated by setting the object parameter: