HTML <marquee> tag

Function:

The HTML <marquee> tag is used for scrolling piece of text or image displayed either horizontally across or vertically down your web site page depending on the settings.

NOTE: The HTML <marquee> is an MSIE extension, but is now supported by NS 7 also. So please check if your browser supports this tag or not.

Difference between HTML and XHTML:

NONE

Example:

<marquee>This is basic example of marquee</marquee>

This will produce following result:

This is basic example of marquee

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Attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description
behavior	scroll slid alternate	Defines the type of scrolling.
bgcolor	rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname	Deprecated - Specifies the background color.
direction	up down left right	Defines the direction of scrolling the content.
height	pixels or %	Defines the height of marquee.
hspace	pixels	Specifies horizontal space around the marquee.
loop	number	Specifies how many times to loop. The default value is INFINITE, which means that the marquee loops endlessly.
scrolldelay	seconds	Defines how long to delay between each jump.
scrollamount	number	Defines how how far to jump.
width	pixels or %	Defines the width of marquee.
vspace	pixels	Specifies vertical space around the marquee.

Standard Attributes:

Attribute	Description
class	Document wide identifier
dir	Specifies the direction of the text
id	Document wide identifier
title	Specifies a title to associate with the element.
style	Helps to include inline casecadubf style sheet.
lang	Sets the language code.
xml:lang	Sets the language code.

Event Attributes:

Attribute	Description
onclick	Script runs when a mouse click
ondblclick	Script runs when a mouse double-click
onmousedown	Script runs when mouse button is pressed
onmouseup	Script runs when mouse button is released
onmouseover	Script runs when mouse pointer moves over an element
onmousemove	Script runs when mouse pointer moves
onmouseout	Script runs when mouse pointer moves out of an element
onkeypress	Script runs when key is pressed and released
onkeydown	Script runs when key is pressed
onkeyup	Script runs when key is released