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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>

Definition and Usage

The body element 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

The <body> tag is supported in all major browsers.

Differences Between HTML and XHTML

All "presentation attributes" of the body element were deprecated in HTML 4.01, and are not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD.

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

Event Attributes

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