HTML Body
Published: Tuesday, November 4, 2003
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HTML body section specifications
HTML body section contains the display content of the web page. Web browser displays
this information of an HTML document. The body content consists
of text, images, graphics, audio, active objects, etc.
The body element's presentation
attributes are not used anymore in HTML 4.0, although web browsers still support them for
backward compatibility (for older webpages). The webpage presentation should be applied
using style sheets. Style sheets are covered in style sheet tutorial.
Example 1: (Deprecated in HTML 4.0) this may not work in future browsers.
<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="red" alink="fuchsia" vlink="maroon"> ... document body... </body>
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Example 2: Using CSS styles (covered in style sheet tutorial)
<head>
<title>This Uses Styles</title>
<style type="text/css">
body { background: white; color: black }
a:link { color: red }
a:visited { color: maroon }
a:active { color: fuchsia }
</style>
</head>
<body>>
... document body...
</body>
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Some commonly used <body> attributes
Here is a list of commonly used attributes.
onload :
Alignment attribute - Aligns the element in horizontal direction.
Values - left | center | right
Some related elements - <img>, <input>, <table>, <hr>,
<th>, <td>, <tr>, <iframe>.
onunload :
Vertical Alignment attribute - Aligns the element in vertical direction.
Values - top | middle | baseline | bottom
Some related elements - <th>, <td>, <tr>, <tbody>.
bgcolor :
Width attribute - Specifies the width of an element.
Values - pixels | % of parent width
Some related elements - <table>, <hr>, <iframe>, <img>,
<td>, <th>.
lang, dir :
Height attribute - Specifies the height of an element.
Values - pixels | % of parent height
Some related elements - <table>, <hr>, <iframe>, <img>,
<td>, <th>.
id, class :
Width attribute - Specifies the width of an element.
Values - pixels | % of parent cell
Some related elements - <table>, <hr>, <iframe>, <img>,
<td>, <th>.
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