Quick Reference
The <marquee> tag is used for scrolling a line of text or an image either horizontally across or vertically down your web page.
<marquee direction="right">The direction of text will be from left to right.</marquee>Attributes
The following attributes can be used within the <marquee> tag.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| behavior | scroll slide alternate | Defines the type of scrolling |
| 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, meaning the marquee loops endlessly) |
| scrolldelay | seconds | Defines how long to delay between each jump |
| scrollamount | number | Defines how far to jump |
| width | pixels or % | Defines the width of marquee |
| vspace | pixels | Specifies 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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