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The <marquee> tag is used to scroll text or image vertically or horizontally on the web page. For example, Breaking news, Popular Articles, etc. These sections are generally displayed scrolling from left to right.

Note: The <marquee> tag deprecated in HTML5.

Following are the attributes:

Attribute	Value	Description
behavior	scroll slide alternate	Defines the type of scrolling.
bgcolor	rgb(x,x,x) #xxxxxx colorname	Deprecated − Defines the direction of scrolling the content.
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.

Let us now see an example to implement the <marquee> element in HTML:

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Demo Heading</h1>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
   <marquee direction = "right">This is moving text.</marquee>
</body>
</html>

This will produce the following output. This is a moving text: