HTML DOM body attribute

InBodyThe property sets or returns the main element of the document.

This property returns the elements of the current document.

Setting new text on the document will effectively delete all current children of the existing elements.

Please refer todocument.documentElementProperty, which returns the root (<html>) element.

Syntax:

Return the body property:

document.body

Set the body property:

document.body = content

Example

document.body.style.background = "coral";

All browsers fully support the body property:

Property
body	Is	Is	Is	Is	Is

Value	Description
content	The document.body property uses a single valueContent，which is used to add new content to the body element

Return Value:	Reference to the Body object, which represents an element
DOM Version:	DOM Level1

Change the HTML content of the current document:

Example

document.body.innerHTML = "<h1>Hello world</h1>";