HTML body tag and element

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:13 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

1. HTML body element represents the main content of an HTML page.

2. In an HTML document, only one body element can exist.

Syntax

<body>other elements </body>

Whether both start and end tags are required

Both start and end tags are optional.

Can contain

HTML html element can contain inline as well as block level elements.

Can reside within

HTML html element.

DOCTYPE support

HTML 4.01 Strict, HTML 4.01 Transitional.

Attributes

Attributes specific to this element

Attribute	Value	Description
background	An URL.	Specifies an background image. This attribute is deprecated against styles.
text	rgb value, hexadecimal value or name for a color.	Specifies text color for body of an HTML page. This attribute is deprecated against styles.
link	rgb value, hexadecimal value or name for a color.	Specifies text color for hyperlinks present in body of an HTML page. This attribute is deprecated against styles.
alink	rgb value, hexadecimal value or name for a color.	Specifies text color for active hyperlinks in body of an HTML page. This attribute is deprecated against styles.
vlink	rgb value, hexadecimal value or name for a color.	Specifies text color for visited hyperlinks in body of an HTML page. This attribute is deprecated against styles.

Identifiers

id and class.

language information and text direction

lang, dir.

Title

title.

Style

style.

Events

onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup.

bgcolor

bgcolor attribute is used to set background color of body of an HTML page. Value of the bgcolor may be a rgb value, a hexadecimal value or a name for a color.

Example of using HTML body element

Bellow is a simple HTML page where body element contains some text within a paragraph.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>html body tag example</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>We are learning HTML body element. </p>
</body>
</html>

Result