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HTML body tag

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Description
Attributes
Events
Examples

Description

The HTML body tag locks up all the document's renderable content. Between these tags are all the visual (for visual browsers) elements of the document. The presentational attributes for the HTML body tag have been deprecated, since style sheets became a preferred way to define the visual style of a document.

Example:

Code begin <html>
<head>
<title>Example for the HTML body tag</title>
</head>
<body>
Document's content.
</body>
</html>Code end

Attributes

id (name)

The "id" attribute assigns an identifier to the associated element. This identifier must be unique in the document and can be used to refer to that element.

Example:

Code begin This is the first paragraph named as paragraph1. To dynamically change its properties use this identifier.Code end

class (cdata)

The "class" attribute assigns a class name (or a list of class names separated by spaces) to the container element. It's used with style sheets and tells the browser the class to which the element is associated with. A class gives visual attributes to elements.

Example:

Code begin This article is based on the book "Wind in the trees" by Jhon L. Brooks

This article is based on the book "Wind in the trees" by Jhon L. Brooks... and is more important than the one before.Code end

style (style)

Defines a visual style of this element. Is a better practice to define styles attributes in external style sheets grouping them in classes. Attributes in the "style" parameter must preserve this order "name : value" and be separated by a semi-colon.

If you're writing XHTML code it's recommended not to use this attribute and try style sheet classes (with the "class" attribute).

Example:

Code begin This is a paragraph with a defined style
And this is another text without style.Code end

title (text)

Indicates a title for the element. Used to give a short description about the element that is usually shown as a "tool tip" when the user put the mouse pointer over the element.

Example:

Code	View
<a title="HTMLQuick.com" href="http://www.htmlquick.com">HTML code</a>	HTML code

lang (langcode)

Specifies the language of an element's content. The default value in "unknown".

When writing XHTML code the syntax "xml:lang" represents a preferred alternative in XHTML 1.0 and a replacement in XHTML 1.1 (e.g., xml:lang="en").

Example:

Code begin This is a paragraph in english.
Este es un párrafo en español.Code end

dir

Specifies the text direction of the element's contents and attribute values, as well as tables directionality. It has two possible values that are case insensitive:

RTL: Right to left.
LTR: Left to right.

Example:

Code begin <q lang="he" dir="rtl">...a Hebrew quotation...</q>Code end