DOM:document.bgColor

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[edit] Summary

bgColor gets/sets the background color of the current document.

[edit] Syntax

color = document.bgColor
document.bgColor = color 

[edit] Parameters

• color is a string representing the color as a word (e.g., "red") or hexadecimal value (e.g., "#ff0000").

[edit] Example

document.bgColor = "darkblue"; 

[edit] Notes

The default value for this property in Mozilla Firefox is white (#ffffff in hexadecimal).

document.bgColor is deprecated in DOM Level 2 HTML. The recommended alternative is use of the CSS style background-color which can be accessed through the DOM with document.body.style.backgroundColor. Another alternative is document.body.bgColor, although this is also deprecated in HTML 4.01 in favor of the CSS alternative.

[edit] Specification

DOM Level 0. Not part of any standard.

MSDN: bgColor Property