HTML Reference

Quick Reference

The marquee tag has a number of attributes that can be applied to alter the look and behavior of the marquee.

AttributeValueDescription
behaviorscroll
slide
alternate
Defines the type of scrolling
directionup
down
left
right
Defines the direction of scrolling the content
heightpixels or %Defines the height of marquee
hspacepixelsSpecifies horizontal space around the marquee
loopnumberSpecifies how many times to loop (the default value is INFINITE, meaning the marquee loops endlessly)
scrolldelaysecondsDefines how long to delay between each jump
scrollamountnumberDefines how far to jump
widthpixels or %Defines the width of marquee
vspacepixelsSpecifies vertical space around the marquee

HTML Notes:

  • In our HTML section the term “tag” and “element” are often used interchangeably to refer to both the tag used to create a page element and the element created by the tag (<p> tag = <p> element = paragraph on the page)
  • HTML5 is not case sensitive; so <P> is the same as <p>, <H1> is the same as <h1>
  • Global attributes can be used with all HTML tags and are therefore not mentioned on every tag page
  • To write clean, readable HTML code, it is best to use indentation whereas elements within elements are indented (tabbed or spaces) to create something that looks like a project outline
  • The browser will automatically remove any extra spaces and lines in your HTML code when the page is displayed
  • Double quotes or single quotes can be used around HTML attribute values, but when the attribute value itself contains one form of quote, it will be necessary to use the other around the attribute

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