Name
Scrolling Marquee
Description
Defines a marquee - text, which scrolls horizontally across the screen.
Some attributes are not supported in Internet Explorer or Firefox.
Attributes
ALIGN
Aligns the marquee on the screen if the width is less than 100%. Values
include 'left' (default), 'middle', 'center' and 'right'.
BEHAVIOR
Specifies how the text will move:
| Value |
Meaning |
| alternate |
The text will move from the left side of the screen to the
right |
| scroll (default) |
The text will move from one side of the screen to the other
and go off the edge of the page |
| slide |
The text will move from one side of the screen to the other
and stop at the end of the page |
BGCOLOR
Specifies the background colour. The colour will display on the entire
area that the text can scroll in.
Colours can be defined in this format: #RRGGBB where the values are in
hexadecimal format. E.g. #FF0000 is red. Colours can also be defined
with words e.g. red.
DIRECTION
Specifies the direction the text will move - either left (default) or right.
HEIGHT
Defines the height of the scrolling area. Specifiy either as pixels or
as a percent.
LOOP
If omitted, the text will scroll indefinitely. Otherwise it will loop
the number of times specified.
SCROLLAMOUNT
Specifies the amount of pixels the text will move, each time it moves.
Default is 6.
SCROLLDELAY
Specifies the number of milliseconds between each movement of the text.
Default is 90.
WIDTH
Defines the width of the scrolling area. Specifiy either as pixels or
as a percent.
Example
Code
<marquee align="right" behavior="alternate" bgcolor="#FF0080"
direction="right" height="50" loop="6"
scrollamount="10" scrolldelay="100"
width="75%">Scrolling Text</marquee>
Generates
Code
<marquee>Scrolling Text</marquee>
Generates
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