HTML5: body – document body

Permitted contents #

Permitted attributes #

global attributes & onafterprint & onbeforeprint & onbeforeunload & onblur & onerror & onfocus & onhashchange & onload & onmessage & onoffline & ononline & onpopstate & onredo & onresize & onstorage & onundo & onunload

ⓘ global attributes: Any attributes permitted globally.
ⓘ onafterprint = string NEW #: User printed current document.
ⓘ onbeforeprint = string NEW #: User requested printing of current document.
ⓘ onbeforeunload = string NEW #: Document is about to be unloaded.
ⓘ onblur = string #: Document lost focus.
ⓘ onerror = string NEW #: Document failed to load properly.
ⓘ onfocus = string #: Document received focus.
ⓘ onhashchange = string NEW #: Fragment identifier part of the document’s current address changed.
ⓘ onload = string #: Document finished loading.
ⓘ onmessage = string NEW #: Document received a message.
ⓘ onoffline = string NEW #: Network connections failed.
ⓘ ononline = string NEW #: Network connections returned.
ⓘ onpopstate = string NEW #: User navigated session history.
ⓘ onredo = string NEW #: User went forward in undo transaction history.
ⓘ onresize = string NEW #: Document view was resized.
ⓘ onstorage = string NEW #: Storage area changed.
ⓘ onundo = string NEW #: User went backward in undo transaction history.
ⓘ onunload = string #: Document is going away.

Additional constraints and admonitions #

The alink attribute on the body element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.
The background attribute on the body element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.
The bgcolor attribute on the body element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.
The link attribute on the body element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.
The marginbottom attribute on the body element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.
The marginheight attribute on the body element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.
The marginleft attribute on the body element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.
The marginright attribute on the body element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.
The margintop attribute on the body element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.
The marginwidth attribute on the body element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.
The text attribute on the body element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.
The vlink attribute on the body element is obsolete. Use CSS instead.

Tag omission #

A body element’s start tag may be omitted if the first thing inside the body element is not a space character or a comment, except if the first thing inside the body element is a script or style element.

A body element’s end tag may be omitted if the body element is not immediately followed by a comment and the element is either not empty or its start tag has not been omitted.

Permitted parent elements #

html

DOM interface #

interface HTMLBodyElement : HTMLElement {
           attribute Function onafterprint;
           attribute Function onbeforeprint;
           attribute Function onbeforeunload;
           attribute Function onblur;
           attribute Function onerror;
           attribute Function onfocus;
           attribute Function onhashchange;
           attribute Function onload;
           attribute Function onmessage;
           attribute Function onoffline;
           attribute Function ononline;
           attribute Function onpopstate;
           attribute Function onpagehide;
           attribute Function onpageshow;
           attribute Function onredo;
           attribute Function onresize;
           attribute Function onscroll;
           attribute Function onstorage;
           attribute Function onundo;
           attribute Function onunload;
};

Typical default display properties #

body {

display: block;

margin: 8px; }

body:focus {

outline: none; }

HTML: The Markup Language Reference

ⓘ body – document body # T