HTML <body> Body Tag
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Published: 2021-02-13 11:44:02

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The **HTML <body> Body tag** defines the **main content of the document** that will be directly visible on your web page. It contains **text content** , **headings** , **paragraph** , **images** , **tables** , **links** , **videos** , etc.

The **body** tag always placed within the **<html>** tag, and it must be placed after the **</head>** tag. This tag is required for every HTML document, and it should use **only once in the whole HTML document**.

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## Syntax:

A Body tag contains both **opening body tag** and **closing body tag**.

```

<body>Place the content here</body>

```

## Sample of the HTML body Tag:

```

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Document title</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>This is a heading</h2>
    <p>This is a paragraph.</p>
  </body>
</html>

```

## Result:

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Result-1-5.png)<figcaption>Result</figcaption>

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### Example of the HTML body tag used with CSS Properties:

```

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      body {
        color: #082AC2;
        line-height: 1.5;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>HTML body Tag</h1>
    <p>If your thoughts are as tall as the height of your ceiling, you can’t fly above your room.</p>
  </body>
</html>

```

### Result:

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/result11.png)<figcaption>Result</figcaption>

## Attributes:

The **body** tag supports both **Global Attributes** and the **Event Attributes**.


| Attribute | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| alink | color | This attribute defines the **color of the active link**.**(Not used in HTML5)** |
| background | URL | It specifies the **background image**.**(Not used in HTML5)** |
| bgcolor | color | This attribute will help to define the **background color**.**(Not used in HTML5)** |
| link | color | It helps to specify the **color of unvisited links**.**(Not used in HTML5)** |
| text | color | Helps to specify the **color of the text in a document**.**(Not used in HTML5)** |
| vlink | color | This attribute will define the **color of the visited link**.**(Not used in HTML5)** |

## Styling Methods for body Tag:

You can use the following properties to style an [HTML](https://sharepointanchor.com/category/learn-html/ "HTML") body tag.

### Properties to style the visual weight/emphasis/size of the text in body tag:

- **[CSS](https://sharepointanchor.com/category/learn-css/ "CSS") font-style** – This CSS property helps to set the font style of the text such as normal, italic, oblique, initial, inherit.
- **CSS font-family** – This CSS property specifies a prioritized list of one or more font family names or generic family names for the selected element.
- **CSS font-size** – This CSS property will help to set the size of the font.
- **CSS font-weight** – This CSS property used to define whether the font should be bold or thick.
- **CSS text-transform** – This CSS property will control the text case and capitalization.
- **CSS test-decoration** – This CSS property specifies the decoration added to text such as **text-decoration-line** , **text-decoration-color** , **text-decoration- style**.

### Styles to coloring the text in body Tag:

- **CSS color** – This CSS property will specify the color of the text content and decorations.
- **CSS background-color** – This CSS property helps to set the background color of an element. 

### Text layout styles for body Tag:

- **CSS text-indent** – This CSS property is used to specify the indentation of the first line in a text block.
- **CSS text-overflow ** – This CSS property helps to describe how overflowed content that is not displayed should be signaled to the user.
- **CSS white-space** – This CSS property describes how white-space inside an element is handled.
- **CSS word-break**  – This CSS property decides where the lines should be broken.

### Other Properties for body Tag:

- **CSS text-shadow**  – This CSS property helps to add the shadow to text.
- **CSS text-align-last**  – This CSS property will set the alignment of the last line of the text.
- **CSS line-height** – This CSS property defines the height of a line.
- **CSS letter-spacing** – This CSS property helps to decide the spaces between letters/characters in a text.
- **CSS word-spacing** – This CSS property specifies the spacing between every word.

## Browser Support:

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Browser-Support-3.png)<figcaption>Browser Support</figcaption>

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