HTML5: body – document body

body – document body # T

The body element represents the body of a document (as opposed to the document’s metadata).

Content model #

body = (normal-character-data & common.elem.flow *) & body.attrs

Attribute model #

body.attrs = common.attrs & onafterprint ? & onbeforeprint ? & onbeforeunload ? & onhashchange ? & onmessage ? & onoffline ? & ononline ? & onpopstate ? & onredo ? & onresize ? & onstorage ? & onundo ? & onunload ?

Element-specific attributes #

onafterprint = string
onbeforeprint = string
onbeforeunload = string
onhashchange = string
onmessage = string
onoffline = string
ononline = string
onpopstate = string
onredo = string
onresize = string
onstorage = string
onundo = string
onunload = string

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 contexts #

html = head , body

Typical default display properties #

body {

display: block;

margin: 8px; }

body:focus {

outline: none; }