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.
<title>HTML body Tag with Example</title>
Visible content of web page starts here…
<p>This is the example of html body tag</p>
This is the example of html body tag
Tag Specific Attributes Support
Following are few body tag attributes that are supported by <body> tag.
|Represents an active link color for a web page|
|background||url||Represents a background image for a web page|
|Represents a background color for a web page|
|Represents an unvisited link color for a web page|
|Represents a text color for a web page|
|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.
|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.
|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|