TEXT Attribute | text Property

Sets or retrieves the text (foreground) color for the document body.

Syntax

HTML Scripting

BODY.text [ = sColor ]

Possible Values

sColor

Variant 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>

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

Platform Version

Win16:
Win32:
Windows CE:
Unix:
Mac:

BODY

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