<body>

O elemento <body> do HTML representa o conteúdo de um documento HTML. è permitido apenas um <body> por documento.

Categorias Seção raiz.
Conteúdo permitido Conteúdo de fluxo.
Omissão de tag

A tag inicial pode ser omitida se a primeira coisa dentro do elemento não for um espaço, comentário, elemento <script> ou elemento <style>.

A tag final pode ser omitida se o elemento body possuir conteúdo ou tem uma tag inicial e não é imediatamente seguida por um comentário.
Elementos pais permitidos Deve ser o segundo elemento de um elemento <html>.
DOM interface HTMLBodyElement

Atributos

This element includes the global attributes.

alink
Cor de text para hyperlinks quando selecionados.  Esse método é não está em conformidade, utilize a propriedade color em conjunto com a pseudo-classe :active 
background
URI of a image to use as a background. This method is non-conforming, use CSS background property on the element instead.
bgcolor
Background color for the document. This method is non-conforming, use CSS background-color property on the element instead.
bottommargin
The margin of the bottom of the body. This method is non-conforming, use CSS margin-bottom property on the element instead.
leftmargin
The margin of the left of the body. This method is non-conforming, use CSS margin-left property on the element instead.
link
Cor de textos de links não visitados. Esse método não está em conformidade, utilize o color em conjunto com a pseudo-classe :link
onafterprint
Função para chamar quando o usuário solicita a impressão do documento.
onbeforeprint
Função para chamar quando o usuário solicita a impressão do documento.
onbeforeunload
Function to call when the document is about to be unloaded.
onblur
Function to call when the document loses focus.
onerror
Function to call when the document fails to load properly.
onfocus
Function to call when the document receives focus.
onhashchange
Function to call when the fragment identifier part (starting with the hash ('#') character) of the document's current address has changed.
onlanguagechange
Function to call when the preferred languages changed.
onload
Function to call when the document has finished loading.
onmessage
Function to call when the document has received a message.
onoffline
Function to call when network communication has failed.
ononline
Function to call when network communication has been restored.
onpopstate
Function to call when the user has navigated session history.
onredo
Function to call when the user has moved forward in undo transaction history.
onresize
Function to call when the document has been resized.
onstorage
Function to call when the storage area has changed.
onundo
Function to call when the user has moved backward in undo transaction history.
onunload
Function to call when the document is going away.
rightmargin
The margin of the right of the body. This method is non-conforming, use CSS margin-right property on the element instead.
text
Foreground color of text. This method is non-conforming, use CSS color property on the element instead.
topmargin
The margin of the top of the body. This method is non-conforming, use CSS margin-top property on the element instead.
vlink
Color of text for visited hypertext links. This method is non-conforming, use CSS color property in conjunction with the :visited pseudo-class instead.

Especificações

Especificação Status Comentário
HTML Living Standard
The definition of '<body>' in that specification.		 Padrão em tempo real Changed the list of non-conforming features.
HTML5
The definition of '<body>' in that specification.		 Recomendação Obsoleted the formerly deprecated attributes. Defined the behavior of the non-conforming and never standardized margintop, marginleft, marginright and marginbottom. Added the on* attributes.
HTML 4.01 Specification
The definition of '<body>' in that specification.		 Recomendação Deprecated the alink, background, bgcolor, link, text and vlink attributes.

Compatibilidade dos Browsers

Estamos convertendo nossos dados de compatibilidade para o formato JSON. Esta tabela de compatibilidade ainda usa o formato antigo, pois ainda não convertemos os dados que ela contém. Descubra como você pode ajudar!

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support 1.0 (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)
onlanguagechange ? 32 (32) ? ? ?
bottommargin, leftmargin, rightmargin, topmargin (Yes) 35 (35) [1] ? ? ?
Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Phone Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)
onlanguagechange ? 32.0 (32) ? ? ?
bottommargin, leftmargin, rightmargin, topmargin (Yes) 35.0 (35) [1] ? ? ?

[1] Was supported before this in Quirk Mode only.

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