HTML <body> Tag
The <body> tag in HTML is used to define the main content present inside an HTML page. It is always enclosed within <html>tag. The <body> tag is the last child of <html> tag. A body tag contains starting as well as an ending tag.
Syntax:
<body> Body Contents... </body>
Attributes: There are many attributes in the <body> tag which are depreciated from HTML5 are listed below:
- background: It contains the URL of the background image. It is used to set the background image.
- bgcolor: It is used to specify the background color of an image.
- alink: It is used to specify the color of the active link.
- link: It is used to specify the color of visited links.
- text: It specifies the color of the text in a document.
- vlink: It specifies the color of visited links.
Example : Using HTML body tag. All then content placed inside the body tag.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html><!-- body tag starts here --><body> <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> <h2>body Tag</h2> <p>This is paragraph text</p></body><!-- body tag ends here --></html> |
Output:
Example 2: Example to show the functioning of a Body tag along with its CSS implementation.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html><!-- style on the body tag --><!-- body tag starts here --><body style="background-color:seagreen"> <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> <h2>HTML body Tag</h2> <p>This is paragraph Tag</p></body><!-- body tag ends here --></html> |
Output:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome 1 and above
- Edge 12 and above
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox 1 and above
- Opera
- Safari
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