Sets or gets the text (foreground) color for the document body.
Syntax
| HTML | <BODY TEXT
= sColor... >
|
|---|
| Scripting | [ sColor = ] BODY.text |
|---|
Possible Values
| sColor | String or Integer that
specifies or receives any of the color names or values in the Color Table. |
The property is read/write.
The property has no default value.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Remarks
Some browsers do not recognize color names, but all browsers should recognize RGB color values and display them correctly.
Example
This example uses the text property to change the text color of the body.
<BODY ID="oBody">
:
<BUTTON onmouseover="oBody.text='green'">GREEN</BUTTON>
<BUTTON onmouseover="oBody.text='red'">RED</BUTTON>
<BUTTON onmouseover="oBody.text='blue'">BLUE</BUTTON>
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Standards Information
This property is deprecated in
HTML 
and
is defined in
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .
Applies To
