[<BODY>...</BODY>]

Description

This element contains the body of the document in which the contents that will be visible to the user are placed. If a <HEAD> section is present in the page then the body must be placed after this section.

DTD

<!ELEMENT BODY O O (%block;|SCRIPT)+ +(INS|DEL) -- document body -->
<!ATTLIST BODY
  %attrs;                              -- %coreattrs, %i18n, %events --
  onload          %Script;   #IMPLIED  -- the document has been loaded --
  onunload        %Script;   #IMPLIED  -- the document has been removed --
  >

Attributes

Core attributes: class id style title
Internationalization attributes: dir lang
Events: onclick ondblclick onmousedown onmouseup onmouseover onmousemove onmouseout onkeypress onkeydown onkeyup

ALINK
The color which is used to draw an active link on the page. An active link is a link on which a mousebutton has been pressed down, but not yet released.
See the page Using colors for a description on specifying colors.

BACKGROUND
Supply an image that is used as the background of the document. If the document is larger than the image the image is tiled to fill up the used space. You can use images in the GIF and JPEG format. The Internet Explorer also accepts Windows BMP files as backgrounds
If you use this attribute in combination with a background color then the image has precedence over the color. If the image contains a transparent color the background color will show through these transparent parts.

When used on a page, then also supply a background color that is close to the general color of the image. This will prevent users who have disabled image loading, from not being able to read the page. Say for example, you have a blueish colored background image, like a sea, and use yellow text. Yellow on blue is easy to read, but if the browser doesn't load the image, and the default background color of the browser is white, then the user gets a white page with yellow text!
Now if you add a blue background color to this page this user can read the page just like those who have images enabled.

BGCOLOR
Sets the background color of the document. The default color for most visual browsers is #C6C6C6.
See the page Using colors for a description on specifying colors.

BGPROPERTIES
Possible value is FIXED. This creates a watermark, which is a background picture that does not scroll when the user scrolls down on the page.

CREDITS
Use the credits attribute to set the URL of a page that will be displayed when the viewer selects the credits button on the Info Panel.

You can use this page to give credit to your company, co-workers, and contributors, or for other information that you'd like viewers to see. Note that the viewer can display the Info Panel by selecting the info button in the Options Panel.

FONTSIZE
Use the fontsize attribute to set the size to small, medium, and large. The value for the fontsize attribute overrides the size that the viewer can set in the WebTV Setup pages. The default value for fontsize is medium.

HSPACE
Use the hspace attribute to set the horizontal fixed space around the body content. The whole number value for hspace reserves that number of pixels for the right margin and for the left margin. The default value for hspace is 8 pixels.

WebTV Networks does not recommend changing the value for hspace. Among other reasons, the WebTV interface uses the right and left margins for drawing the yellow Highlight rectangle, drawing the edges outside the content area when the selected text runs up against it.

However, you can set hspace="0" on some web pages, such as splash screens, for a good visual effect. If you do change the hspace attribute, note that the new value will change only the content portion of your web page, not a sidebar.

Navigator has MARGINWIDTH, and Internet Explorer has LEFTMARGIN for the same result.

INSTRUCTIONS
Use the instructions attribute to set the URL of a page that will be displayed when the viewer selects the instructions button on the Info Panel.

You can use this page to explain features to viewers or for other information that you'd like viewers to see. Note that the viewer can display the info Panel by selecting the info button in the Options Panel.

LEFTMARGIN
Specifies the left and right margin for the entire body of the page.

Navigator has MARGINWIDTH, and the WebTV browser has HSPACE for the same result.

LINK
The color which is used to draw a link on the page. The default color for most visual browsers is #2222BB.
See the page Using colors for a description on specifying colors.

LOGO
Use the logo attribute to set the URL of a logo image to use in place of the thumbnail image for this page. Note that the thumb-nail image is used in such places as the Favorites page and the Send Panel.

The size of the logo image is 70 by 52 pixels. Other size images are scaled to fit these dimensions.

MARGINHEIGHT
Specifies the margin for the top and bottom of the page. If there is not enough room for the complete contents of the page plus two times the margin, no margin will be used.

Internet Explorer has TOPMARGIN, and the WebTV browser has VSPACE for the same result.

MARGINWIDTH
Specifies the left and right margin for the entire body of the page.

Internet Explorer has LEFTMARGIN, and the WebTV browser has HSPACE for the same result.

NOHTILEBG
Use the nohtilebg attribute to prevent the background image from tiling horizontally. The background image will be displayed at the left margin, repeated from the top of the page to the bottom, but without any horizontal repeat. The color set with the bgcolor attribute colors the background from the right edge of the image to the right margin.

Note that when the nohtilebg attribute is set, the background image does not scroll when the web page content scrolls.

NOVTILEBG
Use the novtilebg attribute to prevent the background image from tiling vertically. The background image will be displayed at the top of the page, repeated from left to right, but without any vertical repeat. The color set with the BGCOLOR attribute colors the background from the bottom edge of the image to the top of the Title Bar.

Note that when the novtilebg attribute is set, the background image does not scroll when the web page content scrolls.

ONBLUR
Specifies JavaScript code to execute when the window of the document loses focus.

ONFOCUS
Specifies JavaScript code to execute when the window of the document acquires focus. The detection of getting the focus is not correct often the event is triggered by resizing the netscape window or changing focus to another application.

ONLOAD
Specifies JavaScript code to execute when the document is loaded. This code will be executed after all the elements on the page have been loaded.

ONUNLOAD
Specifies JavaScript code to execute when the document is exited. This occurs when the user leaves the current document.

TEXT
The color which is used to draw normal text. The default color for most visual browsers is black (#000000).
See the page Using colors for a description on specifying colors.

TOPMARGIN
Specifies the margin for the top and bottom of the page. If there is not enough room for the complete contents of the page plus two times the margin, no margin will be used.

Navigator has MARGINHEIGHT, and the WebTV browser has VSPACE for the same result.

VLINK
The color which is used to draw a visited link. The default color for most browsers is purple (#8822BB).
See the page Using colors for a description on specifying colors.

VSPACE
Use the vspace attribute to set the vertical fixed space around the body content. The whole number value for vspace reserves that number of pixels for the top margin and for the bottom margin. The default value for vspace is 6 pixels.

WebTV Networks does not recommend changing the value for vspace. The WebTV interface uses the top margin for drawing the top of the yellow Highlight rectangle when the selected text is in the first line of the web page. Note that the WebTV interface will scroll up when the selected text is in the last line on the screen, allowing it to draw the Highlight rectangle. However, you can set vspace="0" on some web pages, such as splash screens, for a good visual effect. If you do change the vspace at-tribute, note that the new value will change only the content portion of your web page, not a sidebar.

Navigator has MARGINHEIGHT, and Internet Explorer has TOPMARGIN for the same result.

XSPEED
Use the xspeed attribute to set the speed for scrolling the background image horizontally. Note that the web page content remains in place while the background image moves.

The whole number value for xspeed is in pixels per second. The default value of xspeed is 0. xspeed="1" is a slow-motion scroll. xspeed="2" or xspeed="4" is for faster motion.

YSPEED
Use the yspeed attribute to set the speed for scrolling the background image vertically. Note that the web page content remains in place while the background image moves.

The whole number value for yspeed is in pixels per second. The default value for yspeed is 0. yspeed="1" is a slow-motion scroll. yspeed="2" or yspeed="4" is for faster motion.

Examples

<A href="BODY1.html">Take a look at the BODY example</A>

Take a look at the BODY example