Name
HTMLBodyElement — the <body> of an HTML document
Availability
DOM Level 1 HTML
Inherits from/Overrides
Node → Element → HTMLElement → HTMLBodyElement
Properties
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deprecated String aLink The value of the
alinkattribute. Specifies the color of “active” links; that is, the color of a link when the mouse has been pressed over it but has not yet been released.-
deprecated String background The value of the
backgroundattribute. Specifies the URL of an image to use as a background texture for the document.-
deprecated String bgColor The value of the
bgcolorattribute. Specifies the background color of the document.-
deprecated String link The value of the
linkattribute. Specifies the normal color of unvisited hyperlinks.-
deprecated String text The value of the
textattribute. Specifies the foreground color (the color of text) for the document.-
deprecated String vLink The value of the
vlinkattribute. Specifies the normal color of “visited” hyperlinks that have already been followed.
Description
The HTMLBodyElement interface represents the
<body> tag of a document. All HTML documents
have a <body> tag, even if it does not
explicitly appear in the document source. You can obtain the
HTMLBodyElement of a document through the body
property of the HTMLDocument interface.
The properties of this object specify default colors and images for
the document. Although these properties represent the values of
<body> attributes, the Level 0 DOM made these same values accessible through properties ...