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.
Note − The <marquee> tag deprecated in HTML5. Do not use this element, instead you can use JavaScript and CSS to create such effects.
Syntax
A simple syntax to use HTML <marquee> tag is as follows −
<marquee attribute_name = "attribute_value"....more attributes> One or more lines or text message or image </marquee>
The <marquee> Tag Attributes
Following is the list of important attributes which can be used with <marquee> tag.
| Sr.No | Attribute & Description |
|---|---|
| 1 |
width
This specifies the width of the marquee. This can be a value like 10 or 20% etc.
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| 2 |
height
This specifies the height of the marquee. This can be a value like 10 or 20% etc.
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| 3 |
direction
This specifies the direction in which marquee should scroll. This can be a value like up, down, left or right.
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| 4 |
behavior
This specifies the type of scrolling of the marquee. This can have a value like scroll, slide and alternate.
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| 5 |
scrolldelay
This specifies how long to delay between each jump. This will have a value like 10 etc.
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| 6 |
scrollamount
This specifies the speed of marquee text. This can have a value like 10 etc.
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| 7 |
loop
This specifies how many times to loop. The default value is INFINITE, which means that the marquee loops endlessly.
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| 8 |
bgcolor
This specifies background color in terms of color name or color hex value.
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| 9 |
hspace
This specifies horizontal space around the marquee. This can be a value like 10 or 20% etc.
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| 10 |
vspace
This specifies vertical space around the marquee. This can be a value like 10 or 20% etc.
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Below are few examples to demonstrate the usage of marquee tag.
Examples - 1
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML marquee Tag</title> </head> <body> <marquee>This is basic example of marquee</marquee> </body> </html>
Examples - 2
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML marquee Tag</title> </head> <body> <marquee width = "50%">This example will take only 50% width</marquee> </body> </html>
Examples - 3
<!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>
Examples - 4
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>HTML marquee Tag</title> </head> <body> <marquee direction = "up">This text will scroll from bottom to up</marquee> </body> </html>
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