The body tag in a HTML document defines the documents body. This includes the majority of the displayed content on the page, such as hyperlinks, images, etc.
Here is a basic HTML document with the body tag:
[code lang=”html”]
Body content.
[/code]
The body tag is supported by all major web browsers.
Body tag standard attributes:
| Attribute | Value | Information |
| class | classname | Specified class name to an element. |
| dir | rtl
ltr |
Specified text direction to an element. |
| id | id | Specified id name to an element. |
| lang | language_code | Specified language to an element. |
| style | style | Specified style definition to an element. |