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Wednesday, May 1, 2019

HTML body Tag

HTML <body> Tag


Example

A simple HTML document:
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>

<body>
The content of the document......
</body>

</html>
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Definition and Usage

The <body> tag defines the document's body.
The <body> element contains all the contents of an HTML document, such as text, hyperlinks, images, tables, lists, etc.

Browser Support

Element
<body>YesYesYesYesYes

Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

All layout attributes are removed in HTML5.

Attributes

AttributeValueDescription
alinkcolorNot supported in HTML5.
Specifies the color of an active link in a document
backgroundURLNot supported in HTML5.
Specifies a background image for a document
bgcolorcolorNot supported in HTML5.Specifies the background color of a document
linkcolorNot supported in HTML5. Specifies the color of unvisited links in a document
textcolorNot supported in HTML5. Specifies the color of the text in a document
vlinkcolorNot supported in HTML5.Specifies the color of visited links in a document


Global Attributes

The <body> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

Event Attributes

The <body> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

Related Pages

HTML tutorial: HTML Elements
HTML DOM reference: Body Object
HTML DOM reference: document.body Property

Default CSS Settings

Most browsers will display the <body> element with the following default values:

Example

body { 
  display: block;
  margin: 8px;
}

body:focus { 
  outline: none;
}

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