The HTML <body> Element represents the content of an HTML document. There can be only one <body> element in a document.
| Content categories | Sectioning root. |
|---|---|
| Permitted content | Flow content. |
| Tag omission | The start tag may be omitted if the first thing inside it is not a space character, comment, <script> element or <style> element. The end tag may be omitted if the <body> element has contents or has a start tag, and is not immediately followed by a comment. |
| Permitted parents | It must be the second element of an <html> element. |
| Implicit ARIA role | document |
| Permitted ARIA roles | No role permitted |
| DOM interface | HTMLBodyElement
|
Attributes
This element includes the global attributes.
alink- Color of text for hyperlinks when selected. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
colorproperty in conjunction with the:activepseudo-class instead. background- URI of a image to use as a background. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
backgroundproperty on the element instead. bgcolor- Background color for the document. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
background-colorproperty on the element instead. bottommargin- The margin of the bottom of the body. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
margin-bottomproperty on the element instead. leftmargin- The margin of the left of the body. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
margin-leftproperty on the element instead. link- Color of text for unvisited hypertext links. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
colorproperty in conjunction with the:linkpseudo-class instead. onafterprint- Function to call after the user has printed the document.
onbeforeprint- Function to call when the user requests printing of the document.
onbeforeunload- Function to call when the document is about to be unloaded.
onblur- Function to call when the document loses focus.
onerror- Function to call when the document fails to load properly.
onfocus- Function to call when the document receives focus.
onhashchange- Function to call when the fragment identifier part (starting with the hash (
'#') character) of the document's current address has changed. onlanguagechange- Function to call when the preferred languages changed.
onload- Function to call when the document has finished loading.
onmessage- Function to call when the document has received a message.
onoffline- Function to call when network communication has failed.
ononline- Function to call when network communication has been restored.
onpopstate- Function to call when the user has navigated session history.
onredo- Function to call when the user has moved forward in undo transaction history.
onresize- Function to call when the document has been resized.
onstorage- Function to call when the storage area has changed.
onundo- Function to call when the user has moved backward in undo transaction history.
onunload- Function to call when the document is going away.
rightmargin- The margin of the right of the body. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
margin-rightproperty on the element instead. text- Foreground color of text. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
colorproperty on the element instead. topmargin- The margin of the top of the body. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
margin-topproperty on the element instead. vlink- Color of text for visited hypertext links. This method is non-conforming, use CSS
colorproperty in conjunction with the:visitedpseudo-class instead.
Example
<html>
<head>
<title>Document title</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>This is a paragraph</p>
</body>
</html>
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Living Standard The definition of '<body>' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Changed the list of non-conforming features. |
| HTML5 The definition of '<body>' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Obsoleted the formerly deprecated attributes. Defined the behavior of the non-conforming and never standardized topmargin, leftmargin, rightmargin and bottommargin. Added the on* attributes. |
| HTML 4.01 Specification The definition of '<body>' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Deprecated the alink, background, bgcolor, link, text and vlink attributes. |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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body | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
alink | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
background | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
bgcolor | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
bottommargin | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox
Full support
35
| IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android
Full support
35
| Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
leftmargin | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox
Full support
35
| IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android
Full support
35
| Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
link | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onafterprint | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support 13 | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support 13 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onbeforeprint | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support 13 | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support 13 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onbeforeunload | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onblur | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onerror | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onfocus | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onhashchange | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onlanguagechange | Chrome ? | Edge ? | Firefox Full support 32 | IE No support No | Opera ? | Safari ? | WebView Android ? | Chrome Android ? | Firefox Android Full support 32 | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android ? |
onload | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onmessage | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onoffline | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
ononline | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onpopstate | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onredo | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onresize | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onstorage | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onundo | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
onunload | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
rightmargin | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox
Full support
35
| IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android
Full support
35
| Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
text | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
topmargin | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 79 | Firefox
Full support
35
| IE No support No | Opera Full support Yes | Safari ? | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android
Full support
35
| Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
vlink | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.