HTML Marquees
HTML Marquees
An HTML marquee is a scrolling piece of text displayed either
horizontally across or vertically down your webpage depending on the
settings. This is created by using HTML <marquees> tag.
Syntax
<marquee attribute_name="attribute_value"....more attributes> One or more lines or text message or image </marquee>
The <marquee> Tag Attributes
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| width | This specifies the width of the marquee. This can be a value like 10 or 20% etc. |
| height | This specifies the height of the marquee. This can be a value like 10 or 20% etc. |
| direction | This specifies the direction in which marquee should scroll. This can be a value like up, down, left or right. |
| behavior | This specifies the type of scrolling of the marquee. This can have a value like scroll, slide and alternate. |
| scrolldelay | This specifies how long to delay between each jump. This will have a value like 10 etc. |
| scrollamount | This specifies the speed of marquee text. This can have a value like 10 etc. |
| loop | This specifies how many times to loop. The default value is INFINITE, which means that the marquee loops endlessly. |
| bgcolor | This specifies background color in terms of color name or color hex value. |
| hspace | This specifies horizontal space around the marquee. This can be a value like 10 or 20% etc. |
| vspace | This specifies vertical space around the marquee. This can be a value like 10 or 20% etc. |
Examples
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML marquee Tag</title> </head> <body> <marquee>This is basic example of marquee</marquee> </body> </html>
This code will show your complete line goes right to left continuously...
try it and see the result...
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML marquee Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
<marquee width="50%">This example will take only 50% width</marquee>
</body>
</html>
This code will show your complete line goes right to left continuously but start
in the middle...
try it and see the result...
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML marquee Tag</title> </head> <body> <marquee direction="right">This text will scroll from left to right</marquee> </body> </html>
This code will show your complete line goes left to right continuously but start
in the middle...try it and see the result...
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