HTML <body> Tag
Example
A simple HTML document, with the minimum of required tags:
<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> | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
All layout attributes are removed in HTML5.
Attributes
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| alink | color | Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the color of an active link in a document |
| background | URL | Not supported in HTML5. Specifies a background image for a document |
| bgcolor | color | Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the background color of a document |
| link | color | Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the color of unvisited links in a document |
| text | color | Not supported in HTML5. Specifies the color of the text in a document |
| vlink | color | Not 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:
