document.bgColor

Summary

Syntax

color = document.bgColor
document.bgColor = color 

Parameters

• color is a string representing the color as a word (e.g., "red") or hexadecimal value (e.g., "#ff0000").

Example

document.bgColor = "darkblue"; 

Notes

The default value for this property in Mozilla Firefox is white (#ffffff in hexadecimal).

document.bgColor is deprecated in DOM Level 2 HTML. The recommended alternative is use of the CSS style background-color which can be accessed through the DOM with document.body.style.backgroundColor. Another alternative is document.body.bgColor, although this is also deprecated in HTML 4.01 in favor of the CSS alternative.

Specification

DOM Level 0. Not part of any standard.

MSDN: bgColor Property