HTML: Marquee, Scrolling Text
What is Marquee Element
Marquee Element is used to make text or images to automatically scroll, typically in a horizontal strip.
Marquee Element is invented by Microsoft Internet Explorer browser around 1995.
HTML Marquee Example
Code
<marquee>The BOSS IS ON A ROLL</marquee>
Marquee Element Attributes
loop
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integer. Number of times to loop. “-1” means forever. Default value is “-1”
direction
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left
(default)right
up
down
behavior
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value is one of
scroll
→ move right to left, then loop (default)slide
→ slide to left then stop.alternate
→ move side to side.
scrolldelay
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- update interval for scroll movement, in milliseconds.
- Default is 85.
- Smaller than 60 is ignored, 60 is used instead, unless truespeed is specified.
truespeed
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see scrolldelay. This is not well supported.
scrollamount="6"
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amount of scrolling update, in pixels.
hspace="30"
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horizontal margin
vspace="10"
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vertical margin
width="600"
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width in pixel.
height="40"
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width in pixel.
bgcolor
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CSS color value. 〔see CSS: Color Syntax〕
Browser Support
- 2025-04-24
- Supported by Google Chrome.
- Not supported by Firefox.
CSS Marquee
You can emulate marquee using CSS animation.