HTML &lt; body &gt; 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

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

The <body> tag supports the following standard attributes:

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
xml:lang	language_code	Specifies a language code for the content in an element, in XHTML documents	STF

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
onload	script	Script to be run when a document load
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
onunload	script	Script to be run when a document unload