WHY BGCOLOR IS NOT WORKING IN HTML
What is BGCOLOR attribute in HTML?
BGCOLOR attribute is deprecated in HTML5. It used to set the background color of a webpage or of an element. It was widely used with tag and other tags like
| and | . However, from HTML5 BGCOLOR attribute is no longer supported and thus will not work.What is the alternative for BGCOLOR in HTML?
BGCOLOR can be replaced by CSS property called background-color which is supported across all modern browsers.
To add background color to a whole webpage, you can use body {background-color:colorname;}
style. Here colorname can be a color keyword like red, black, blue etc or it can be a color code in RGB or HEX format. For example:
body {
background-color: red;
}
To add background color to a specific element you can use similar method by adding the element name inside the curly braces {} like:
h2 {
background-color: blue;
}
Why has BGCOLOR been deprecated?
BGCOLOR is deprecated because it is not supported well by modern browsers. It is considered bad practice and can create problems in rendering a webpage consistently across different devices and browsers. Also, using CSS property background-color to set background color provides more flexibility and control over how the background is displayed.
How to fix the BGCOLOR is not working issue?
Simply replace BGCOLOR with background-color in your HTML code. Replace the colorname of BGCOLOR with a valid color name or color code. Make sure there are no syntax errors in your code. Using a valid DOCTYPE declaration can also help in some cases.
Some common mistakes to avoid
Don’t use background-color property inside the