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<!--> <!DOCTYPE> <a> <abbr> <acronym> <address> <applet> <area> <article> <aside> <audio> <b> <base> <basefont> <bdi> <bdo> <big> <blockquote> <body> <br> <button> <canvas> <caption> <center> <cite> <code> <col> <colgroup> <command> <datalist> <dd> <del> <details> <dfn> <dialog> <dir> <div> <dl> <dt> <em> <embed> <fieldset> <figcaption> <figure> <font> <footer> <form> <frame> <frameset> <head> <header> <hgroup> <h1> - <h6> <hr> <html> <i> <iframe> <img> <input> <ins> <kbd> <keygen> <label> <legend> <li> <link> <map> <mark> <menu> <meta> <meter> <nav> <noframes> <noscript> <object> <ol> <optgroup> <option> <output> <p> <param> <pre> <progress> <q> <rp> <rt> <ruby> <s> <samp> <script> <section> <select> <small> <source> <span> <strike> <strong> <style> <sub> <summary> <sup> <table> <tbody> <td> <textarea> <tfoot> <th> <thead> <time> <title> <tr> <track> <tt> <u> <ul> <var> <video> <wbr>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>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
The content of the document......
</body>
</html>
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Browser Support
The <body> tag is supported in all major browsers.
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.
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
All layout attributes is removed from HTML5.
All layout attributes is deprecated in HTML 4.01.
Attributes
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| alink | color | Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the color of an active link in a document |
| background | URL | Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies a background image for a document |
| bgcolor | color | Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the background color of a document |
| link | color | Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the color of unvisited links in a document |
| text | color | Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. Specifies the color of the text in a document |
| vlink | color | Not supported in HTML5. Deprecated in HTML 4.01. 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
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