HTML - <marquee> Tag

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.

The HTML <marquee> tag may not be supported by various browsers so its not recommended to rely on this tag, 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.
2	height This specifies the height of the marquee. This can be a value like 10 or 20% etc.
3	direction This specifies the direction in which marquee should scroll. This can be a value like up, down, left or right.
4	behavior This specifies the type of scrolling of the marquee. This can have a value like scroll, slide and alternate.
5	scrolldelay This specifies how long to delay between each jump. This will have a value like 10 etc.
6	scrollamount This specifies the speed of marquee text. This can have a value like 10 etc.
7	loop This specifies how many times to loop. The default value is INFINITE, which means that the marquee loops endlessly.
8	bgcolor This specifies background color in terms of color name or color hex value.
9	hspace This specifies horizontal space around the marquee. This can be a value like 10 or 20% etc.
10	vspace This specifies vertical space around the marquee. This can be a value like 10 or 20% etc.

Below are few examples to demonstrate the usage of marquee tag.

Example 1

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
   <title>HTML marquee Tag</title>
</head>
<body>
   <marquee>This is basic example of marquee</marquee>
</body>
</html>

Example 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>

Example 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>

Example 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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