HTML DOM body Property

The HTML DOM Body property is used to set the document <body> element. It only returns the content present in the <body> Tag. This property is used to change the present content inside the <body> element and sets them with the new specified content. This property does not return the <HTML> element.

Syntax:

This syntax returns the body property.

document.body

This syntax is used to set the body property.

document.body = Content

Return Value: A reference to the Body Object, which represents a <body> element

Property Value: The document.body property uses single value Content which is used to add new content in the body element.

Example 1: In this example, we will use document.body property

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<head>
    <title>DOM body property</title>
    <style>
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>DOM body property</h2>
    <button onclick="geeks()">Submit</button>
    <p id="gfg"></p>
    <script>
        function geeks() {
            let x = document.body.innerHTML;
            document.getElementById("gfg").innerHTML =
                "Display the body content:<br>" + x;
        }
    </script>
</body>
   
</html>

Output:

Example 2: In this example, we will use document.body property

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>DOM body property</title>
    <style>
        h1 {
            color: green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>DOM body property</h2>
    <button onclick="geeks()">Submit</button>
    <script>
        function geeks() {
            document.body.innerHTML = "<h1>"
                + "GeeksforGeeks"
                + "</h1>" + "<br>" + "<h2>"
                + "New Content Added"
                + "</h2>";
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>