Global Settings with the <body> Tag
The <body> tag, originally designed to
delimit the body of the document, has been extended to include
controls for the backgrounds and text colors of a document. These
settings are global, meaning they will apply to the entire document.
Colors
You can use the <body> tag to set colors for
the background and text elements (see Table 6.1).
Specified link colors apply to linked text, but also to the border
around linked graphics. (To learn how to specify color in HTML, see
Chapter 5.)
Table 6-1. Attributes for Specifying Colors with the <body> Tag
|
Page Element |
HTML TAG |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
Background color |
|
Sets the color for the background of the entire page. |
|
Regular text |
|
Sets the color for all the regular text in the document. The default color for text is black. |
|
Links |
|
Sets the color for hyperlinks. The default color for links is blue. |
|
Visited link |
|
Sets the color for links that have already been clicked. The default color for visited links is purple. |
|
Active link |
|
Sets the color for a link while it is in the process of being clicked. The default color for an active link is red. |
A single <body> tag can contain a number of
specific attributes, as shown here:
<BODY BGCOLOR="color" TEXT="color" LINK="color" VLINK="color" ALINK="color">
Tiling Background Graphics
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