The <body> tag represents a visible content for a web page.
The body contents placed inside opening <body> tag and closing </body> tag. Body tag contains all visible contents of a web page, such as tables, images, text, hyperlinks etc.
Note: HTML <body> tag is most important tag for web page and mostly supported in all major browsers.
Sample Code
<head>
<title>HTML body Tag with Example</title>
</head>
<body>
Visible content of web page starts here…
<p>This is the example of html body tag</p>
</body>
</html>
Sample Result
This is the example of html body tag
Tag Specific Attributes Support
Following are few body tag attributes that are supported by <body> tag.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| alink | color #xxxxxx |
Represents an active link color for a web page |
| background | url | Represents a background image for a web page |
| bgcolor | color #xxxxxx |
Represents a background color for a web page |
| link | color #xxxxxx |
Represents an unvisited link color for a web page |
| text | color #xxxxxx |
Represents a text color for a web page |
| vlink | color #xxxxxx |
Represents a visited link color for a web page |
Standard Attributes Support
HTML <body> tag supports mostly all HTML Attributes. Following are some most common attributes that are used by <body> tag. You can get more details about available HTML Attributes here.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| class | user_defined | Represents a style for an element which is used in CSS style sheet |
| id | user_defined | Represents unique id for an element |
| lang | lang_code | Represents the language of the element for it’s content |
| style | css_properties | Represents an inline style for an element for e.g style=”color:red;text-decoration:underline;” |
| title | user_defined | Represents a tooltip information for an elements like img, a, abbr etc |
Event Attributes Support
The “script” is invoked when a certain “event” occurs. Each event handler content attribute deals with a different event. HTML <body> tag supports mostly all HTML Event Attributes. Following are some most common event attributes that are used by <body> tag. You can get more details about available HTML Event Attributes here.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| onclick | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse click on the specified element |
| ondblclick | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse double-click on the specified element |
| onkeydown | script | Event Fires immediately when user is pressing a down key from keyboard |
| onkeypress | script | Event Fires immediately when user presses a key from keyboard |
| onkeyup | script | Event Fires immediately when user releases a key from keyboard |
| onmousedown | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer gets down from an element |
| onmousemove | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer moves over an element |
| onmouseout | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer gets out from an element |
| onmouseover | script | Event Fires immediately when mouse pointer moves over an element |
| onmouseup | script | Event Fires immediately when a mouse pointer is released over an element |
