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JavaScript - access body element
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In this short article, we would like to show how to get <body> element reference in JavaScript.
Quick solution:
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var bodyElement = document.body;Warning:
document.bodycan benullif you access it when body is not ready (e.g. in<head>element).
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<html>3
<head>4
<meta charset="utf-8" />5
<title>Page title</title>6
</head>7
<body>8
<script>9
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var bodyElement = document.body; // body element reference11
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console.log(bodyElement.outerHTML);13
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</script>15
</body>16
</html>
