body – document body

Permitted contents #

Permitted attributes #

global attributes & common.attrs.aria.landmark.application or common.attrs.aria.landmark.document or notAllowed & onafterprint & onbeforeprint & onbeforeunload & onblur & onerror & onfocus & onhashchange & onload & onmessage & onoffline & ononline & onpopstate & onresize & onstorage & onunload

ⓘ global attributes: Any attributes permitted globally.
application = #: (detailed attribute description to come)
document = #: (detailed attribute description to come)
ⓘ 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.
ⓘ 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The “alink” attribute on the “body” element is obsolete.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. http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Presentational_elements_and_attributes
The “background” attribute on the “body” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead. http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Presentational_elements_and_attributes
The “bgcolor” attribute on the “body” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead. http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Presentational_elements_and_attributes
The “link” attribute on the “body” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead. http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Presentational_elements_and_attributes
The “marginbottom” attribute on the “body” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead. http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Presentational_elements_and_attributes
The “marginheight” attribute on the “body” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead. http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Presentational_elements_and_attributes
The “marginleft” attribute on the “body” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead. http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Presentational_elements_and_attributes
The “marginright” attribute on the “body” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead. http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Presentational_elements_and_attributes
The “margintop” attribute on the “body” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead. http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Presentational_elements_and_attributes
The “marginwidth” attribute on the “body” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead. http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Presentational_elements_and_attributes
The “text” attribute on the “body” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead. http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Presentational_elements_and_attributes
The “vlink” attribute on the “body” element is obsolete. Use CSS instead. http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Presentational_elements_and_attributes

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 {
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onafterprint;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onbeforeprint;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onbeforeunload;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onblur;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onerror;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onfocus;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onhashchange;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onload;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onmessage;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onoffline;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? ononline;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onpopstate;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onpagehide;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onpageshow;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onresize;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onscroll;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onstorage;
  [TreatNonCallableAsNull] attribute Function? onunload;
};

Typical default display properties #

body {

display: block;

margin: 8px; }

body:focus {

outline: none; }

HTML 5: The Markup Language (ARIA Edition)

ⓘ body – document body # T