<body>

HTML <body> Tag

Example

A simple HTML document, with the minimum of required tags:

<html>
<head>
<title>My first HTML page</title>
</head>

<body>
<p>The content of the body element is displayed in the browser.</p>
<p>The content of the title element is displayed in the browser's title.</p>
</body>

</html>

The output of the code above will be:

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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

NONE

Optional Attributes

DTD indicates in which HTML 4.01/XHTML 1.0 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 an active link in a document	TF
background	URL	Deprecated. Use styles instead. Specifies a background image for a document	TF
bgcolor	rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname	Deprecated. Use styles instead. Specifies the background color of a document	TF
link	rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname	Deprecated. Use styles instead. Specifies the default color of unvisited links in a document	TF
text	rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname	Deprecated. Use styles instead. Specifies the color of the text in a document	TF
vlink	rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname	Deprecated. Use styles instead. Specifies the color of the visited links in a document	TF

Standard Attributes

Тег <body> поддерживает следующие стандартные атрибуты:

Attribute	Value	Description	DTD
class	classname	Specifies a classname for an element	STF
dir	rtl ltr	Specifies the text direction for the content in an element	STF
id	id	Specifies a unique id for an element	STF
lang	language_code	Specifies a language code for the content in an element	STF
style	style_definition	Specifies an inline style for an element	STF
title	text	Specifies extra information about an element	STF

More information about Standard Attributes.

Event Attributes

The <body> tag supports the following event attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description	DTD
onclick	script	Script to be run on a mouse click	STF
ondblclick	script	Script to be run on a mouse double-click	STF
onmousedown	script	Script to be run when mouse button is pressed	STF
onmousemove	script	Script to be run when mouse pointer moves	STF
onmouseout	script	Script to be run when mouse pointer moves out of an element	STF
onmouseover	script	Script to be run when mouse pointer moves over an element	STF
onmouseup	script	Script to be run when mouse button is released	STF
onkeydown	script	Script to be run when a key is pressed	STF
onkeypress	script	Script to be run when a key is pressed and released	STF
onkeyup	script	Script to be run when a key is released	STF

More information about Event Attributes.

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