web api instance property
Document: body property
The Document.body property represents the
<body> or <frameset> node of the current document, or
null if no such element exists.
Value
One of the following:
Examples
// Given this HTML: <body id="oldBodyElement"></body>
alert(document.body.id); // "oldBodyElement"
const newBodyElement = document.createElement("body");
newBodyElement.id = "newBodyElement";
document.body = newBodyElement;
alert(document.body.id); // "newBodyElement"
Notes
document.body is the element that contains the content for the document.
In documents with <body> contents, returns the
<body> element, and in frameset documents, this returns the outermost
<frameset> element.
Though the body property is settable, setting a new body on a document
will effectively remove all the current children of the existing
<body> element.
Specifications
SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.
Browser compatibility
Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.