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HTML <body> tag

Definition and Usage

The body element defines the documents' body. It contains all the contents of the document (like text, images, colors, graphics, etc.).

Differences Between HTML and XHTML

All "presentation attributes" of the body element were deprecated in HTML 4.01.

All "presentation attributes" of the body element are not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD.

Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The tag is supported in all major browsers.

Example

<html>
<head>
</head>

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

</html>

Optional Attributes

DTD indicates in which DTD the attribute is allowed. S=Strict, T=Transitional, and F=Frameset.

Attribute Value Description DTD
alink rgb(x,x,x)
#xxxxxx
colorname		 Deprecated. Use styles instead.
Specifies the color of the active links in the document.		 TF
background file_name Deprecated. Use styles instead.
An image to use as the background.		 TF
bgcolor rgb(x,x,x)
#xxxxxx
colorname		 Deprecated. Use styles instead.
The background color of the document.		 TF
link rgb(x,x,x)
#xxxxxx
colorname		 Deprecated. Use styles instead.
Specifies the color of all the links in the document.		 TF
text rgb(x,x,x)
#xxxxxx
colorname		 Deprecated. Use styles instead.
Specifies the color of the text in the document.		 TF
vlink rgb(x,x,x)
#xxxxxx
colorname		 Deprecated. Use styles instead.
Specifies the color of the visited links in the document.		 TF

Standard Attributes

id, class, title, style, dir, lang, xml:lang

For a full description, go to Standard Attributes.

Event Attributes

onload, onunload, onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup

For a full description, go to Event Attributes.

Try-It-Yourself Demos

A very simple document
A very simple document, with only a minimum of tags. It demonstrates how the text inside a body element is displayed in the browser.

Background color
Adding a background color to a page.

Background image
Adding a background image to a page.

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