body – document body

Permitted contents #

Permitted attributes #

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

ⓘ global attributes: Any attributes permitted globally.
ⓘ onafterprint = functionbody NEW #: User printed current document.
ⓘ onbeforeprint = functionbody NEW #: User requested printing of current document.
ⓘ onbeforeunload = functionbody NEW #: Document is about to be unloaded.
ⓘ onblur = functionbody #: Document lost focus.
ⓘ onerror = functionbody NEW #: Document failed to load properly.
ⓘ onfocus = functionbody #: Document received focus.
ⓘ onhashchange = functionbody NEW #: Fragment identifier part of the document’s current address changed.
ⓘ onload = functionbody #: Document finished loading.
ⓘ onmessage = functionbody NEW #: Document received a message.
ⓘ onoffline = functionbody NEW #: Network connections failed.
ⓘ ononline = functionbody NEW #: Network connections returned.
ⓘ onpagehide = functionbody #
ⓘ onpageshow = functionbody #
ⓘ onpopstate = functionbody NEW #: User navigated session history.
ⓘ onresize = functionbody NEW #: Document view was resized.
ⓘ onstorage = functionbody NEW #: Storage area changed.
ⓘ onunload = functionbody #: 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The alink attribute on the body element is obsolete.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The background attribute on the body element is obsolete.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The bgcolor attribute on the body element is obsolete.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The link attribute on the body element is obsolete.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The marginbottom attribute on the body element is obsolete.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The marginheight attribute on the body element is obsolete.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The marginleft attribute on the body element is obsolete.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The marginright attribute on the body element is obsolete.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The margintop attribute on the body element is obsolete.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The marginwidth attribute on the body element is obsolete.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The text attribute on the body element is obsolete.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The vlink attribute on the body element is obsolete.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 EventHandler onafterprint;
           attribute EventHandler onbeforeprint;
           attribute EventHandler onbeforeunload;
           attribute EventHandler onblur;
           attribute OnErrorEventHandler onerror;
           attribute EventHandler onfocus;
           attribute EventHandler onhashchange;
           attribute EventHandler onload;
           attribute EventHandler onmessage;
           attribute EventHandler onoffline;
           attribute EventHandler ononline;
           attribute EventHandler onpopstate;
           attribute EventHandler onpagehide;
           attribute EventHandler onpageshow;
           attribute EventHandler onresize;
           attribute EventHandler onscroll;
           attribute EventHandler onstorage;
           attribute EventHandler onunload;
};

Typical default display properties #

body {

display: block;

margin: 8px; }

body:focus {

outline: none; }

HTML: The Markup Language (an HTML language reference)

ⓘ body – document body # T