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The HTML <body>
Element represents the content of an HTML document. There can be only one <body>
element in a document.
Content categories | Sectioning root. |
---|---|
Permitted content | Flow content. |
Tag omission | The start tag may be omitted if the first thing inside it is not a space character, comment, <script> element or <style> element. The end tag may be omitted if the body element has contents or has a start tag, and is not immediately followed by a comment. |
Permitted parent elements | It must be the second element of an <html> element. |
DOM interface | HTMLBodyElement
|
Attributes
This element includes the global attributes.
alink
- Color of text for hyperlinks when selected. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
color
property in conjunction with the:active
pseudo-class instead. background
- URI of a image to use as a background. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
background
property on the element instead. bgcolor
- Background color for the document. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
background-color
property on the element instead. bottommargin
- The margin of the bottom of the body. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
margin-bottom
property on the element instead. leftmargin
- The margin of the left of the body. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
margin-left
property on the element instead. link
- Color of text for unvisited hypertext links. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
color
property in conjunction with the:link
pseudo-class instead. onafterprint
- Function to call after the user has printed the document.
onbeforeprint
- Function to call when the user requests printing of the document.
onbeforeunload
- Function to call when the document is about to be unloaded.
onblur
- Function to call when the document loses focus.
onerror
- Function to call when the document fails to load properly.
onfocus
- Function to call when the document receives focus.
onhashchange
- Function to call when the fragment identifier part (starting with the hash (
'#'
) character) of the document's current address has changed. onlanguagechange
- Function to call when the preferred languages changed.
onload
- Function to call when the document has finished loading.
onmessage
- Function to call when the document has received a message.
onoffline
- Function to call when network communication has failed.
ononline
- Function to call when network communication has been restored.
onpopstate
- Function to call when the user has navigated session history.
onredo
- Function to call when the user has moved forward in undo transaction history.
onresize
- Function to call when the document has been resized.
onstorage
- Function to call when the storage area has changed.
onundo
- Function to call when the user has moved backward in undo transaction history.
onunload
- Function to call when the document is going away.
rightmargin
- The margin of the right of the body. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
margin-right
property on the element instead. text
- Foreground color of text. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
color
property on the element instead. topmargin
- The margin of the top of the body. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
margin-top
property on the element instead. vlink
- Color of text for visited hypertext links. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
color
property in conjunction with the:visited
pseudo-class instead.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of '<body>' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Changed the list of non-conforming features. |
HTML5 The definition of '<body>' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Obsoleted the formerly deprecated attributes. Defined the behavior of the non-conforming and never standardized margintop , marginleft , marginright and marginbottom . Added the on* attributes. |
HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of '<body>' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Deprecated the alink , background , bgcolor , link , text and vlink attributes. |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari (WebKit) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | 1.0 | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) |
onlanguagechange |
? | 32 (32) | ? | ? | ? |
bottommargin , leftmargin , rightmargin , topmargin |
(Yes) | 35 (35) [1] | ? | ? | ? |
Feature | Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Phone | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) |
onlanguagechange |
? | 32.0 (32) | ? | ? | ? |
bottommargin , leftmargin , rightmargin , topmargin |
(Yes) | 35.0 (35) [1] | ? | ? | ? |
[1] Was supported before this in Quirk Mode only.