HTML body tag

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# 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>

Try it yourself!

## 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

All "presentation attributes" of the body element were deprecated in HTML 4.01, and are not supported in XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD.

## Optional Attributes

DTD indicates in which 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 the active links in the document. | TF
background | file_name | Deprecated. Use styles instead. An image to use as the background. | TF
bgcolor | rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname | Deprecated. Use styles instead. The background color of the document. | TF
link | rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname | Deprecated. Use styles instead. Specifies the color of all the links in the document. | TF
text | rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname | Deprecated. Use styles instead. Specifies the color of the text in the document. | TF
vlink | rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname | Deprecated. Use styles instead. Specifies the color of the visited links in the document. | TF

## Standard Attributes

id, class, title, style, dir, lang, xml:lang

For a full description, go to Standard Attributes.

## Event Attributes

onload, onunload, onclick, ondblclick, onmousedown, onmouseup, onmouseover, onmousemove, onmouseout, onkeypress, onkeydown, onkeyup

For a full description, go to Event Attributes.

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