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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Selection Review

Daniyar Basharov
Daniyar Basharov
589 Points
Posted by Daniyar Basharov
Daniyar Basharov
589 Points

Why document.getElementsByTagName('body') doesn't work

I get bummer on selecting body in document const body = document.getElementsByTagName('body'); Why it is not correct?

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Karan Nahar
Karan Nahar
16,157 Points
Karan Nahar
Karan Nahar
16,157 Points

We can select the body by doing document.body directly. For example - To set the background color on a body.

document.body.style.backgroundColor = "coral";