HTML <body> Tag

Description

The <body> HTML element is designed to store the contents of a web page (content) displayed in a browser window. The information that should be displayed in the document should be located exactly inside the <body> container. This information includes headings, paragraphs, hyperlinks, images, forms, tables, lists, videos and so on.

Properties

Permitted Parents: It must be the second element of an <html> element.
Content: Block, inline and text
Start/End Tags: Start tag: optional, End tag: optional

Example

HTML

<html>

  <head>

    <title>Title of the document</title>

  </head>

  <body>

    The content of the document......

  </body>

</html>

Attributes

Attribute	Definition
background	Specifies the URI/URL of a background image. This attribute is now deprecated.
text	Specifies the URI/URL of a background image. This attribute is now deprecated.
link	Specifies the color of unvisited hyperlink text. This attribute is now deprecated.
alink	Specifies the color of active hyperlink text (i.e. when the user clicks on it). This attribute is now deprecated.
vlink	Specifies the color of visited hyperlink text. This attribute is now deprecated.

Global Attributes

The <body> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML5

Event Attributes

The <body> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML5

Browser Support

Desktop

Yes	12	1	1	Yes	Yes

Tablets / Mobile

Yes	18	4	Yes	Yes	1.0

Last updated by CSSPortal on: 6th December 2019

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