HTML Tag Reference - HTML tag <body>
<body> defines the main content of an HTML document.
Browser compatibility
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
What's new in HTML5
All layout attributes are deprecated in HTML5.
Attribute
- alink
- Not supported in HTML5. Set the color value for active links
- background
- Not supported in HTML5. Set a background image URL for a document.
- bgcolor
- Not supported in HTML5. Set the document background color.
- link
- Not supported in HTML5. Set the color of unvisited links.
- text
- Not supported in HTML5. Set the text color.
- vlink
- Not supported in HTML5. Set the visited link color.
Global Attributes
The <body> tag supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <body> tag supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
Default CSS Settings
body {
display: block;
margin: 8px;
}
body:focus {
outline: none;
}
Example
demo showing how to use body tag.
<html>
<head>
<title>body element example</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is a test.</p>
</body>
</html>