HTMLBodyElement : HTMLElement
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Body of an HTML document.

Platform Support

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Constructors

Constructor Action IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari Chrome
HTMLBodyElement Constructor() : HTMLBodyElement
Body of an HTML document.
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HTMLBodyElement() : HTMLBodyElement

Body of an HTML document.

Returns
HTMLBodyElement

Visibility
internal

Properties

Property Action IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari Chrome
aLink : String
Color of active links.
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background : String
URL of the background image of the document.
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bgColor : String
Background color of the document.
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bgProperties : String
Background properties of the document.
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bottomMargin : String
Bottom margin of the document (in pixels).
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leftMargin : String
Left margin of the document (in pixels).
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link : String
Color of unvisited links.
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noWrap : Boolean
If true, indicates that the content of the document word wraps automatically.
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rightMargin : String
Right margin of the document (in pixels).
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scroll : String
Whether or not to display scrollbars.
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text : String
Color of the text in the document.
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timeStartRule : String
HTML + Time property.
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topMargin : String
Top margin of the document (in pixels).
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vLink : String
Color of visited links.
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Functions

Method Action IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari Chrome
createControlRange() : controlRange
Creates a new controlRange object.
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Returns
controlRange

createTextRange() : textRange
Creates a new textRange object.
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Returns
textRange

doScroll([String action]) : void
Scrolls the document.
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Parameters
String action (optional)Specifies how to do the scrolling (e.g. "left" or "right"). Default is to scroll to the top of the document.

Returns
void

pause() : void
Pauses the document timeline.
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Returns
void

resume() : void
Resumes the document timeline.
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Returns
void

References

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