MARQUEE

This tag displays a scrolling text message across the document, and is recognized by Internet Explorer only. For example:

<MARQUEE DIRECTION="LEFT" BEHAVIOR=SCROLL SCROLLDELAY="100" SCROLLAMOUNT="20">WalkTheGeek Rules!!</MARQUEE>

MARQUEE Attributes:

ALIGN="LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER, TOP, or BOTTOM"

This attribute defines the alignment of the text outside the scrolling marquee.

BEHAVIOR="SLIDE, SCROLL, or ALTERNATE"

This attribute is used to specify the type of scrolling ot be displayed. BEHAVIOR="SCROLL" will cause the text to be scrolled from left to right or right to left within the Marquee area. The direction of the movement of text is defined with the 'DIRECTION=' attribute. BEHAVIOR="SLIDE" will cause the text to move from the right hand side and stop when it hits the left hand side of the Marquee area. BEHAVIOR="ALTERNATE" will display the text as though it were bouncing from one side of the Marquee area to the other.

BGCOLOR="#RRGGBB" or a color in quotes, such as "RED", "BLUE" or "YELLOW"

This attribute sets the color of the element to which it was invoked, this case being the background color within the marquee. It can be applied to anything that can be colored, such as text, borders, or backgrounds. The color can be defined using a proper color name such as "RED" or with an #RGB (Red-Green-Blue) value.

DATAFLD=" ... "

This attribute is used to select a column from a block of tabular data.

DATAFORMATAS="TEXT, HTML, or NONE"

This attribute defines how data from a table will be presented; its 'Format'.

DATASRC=" ... "

This attribute defines the location of table data to be bound within, or used by, the document.

DIRECTION="LEFT" or "RIGHT"

This attribute defines the direction in which the text within the marquee will scroll.

HEIGHT="n"

This attribute specifies the HEIGHT, measured in pixels, of the object to which it has been assigned.

HSPACE="n"

This attribute will set the amount of blank space, measured in pixels, on either side of the object.

ID=" ... "

The ID attribute is used to assign a unique ID selector (identification) to the tag in which it is invoked. A style may be assigned to that ID, which will effect only that one instance of the attribute.

LOOP="n" or "INFINITE"

This attribute is used to define the number of times the text will scroll through the marquee. INFINITE will cause the text to scroll continuously.

SCROLLAMOUNT="n"

This attribute will specify how far the text moves before it is refreshed, and is measured in pixels. A lower number will produce a smoother but slower sroll. A higher number will move the text faster, but it will appear jerky or bumpy.

SCROLLDELAY="n"

This attribute will set the amount of time, measured in milliseconds, that the text within the Marquee is refreshed. A lower number will increase the scrolling speed, a higher number will decrease the scrolling speed.

STYLE=" ... "

Used to specify which style sheet commands to apply to the instance of the STYLE attribute invoked within the tag.

TITLE=" ... "

The TITLE attribute is used to display a note or information in a popup window pertaining to the object to which it was assigned. The popup window is invoked by holding the mouse pointer over the object.

VSPACE="n"

This attribute is used to define the amount of blank space at the top and bottom of the Marquee.

WIDTH="n"

This attribute is used to specify the width of the Marquee, and is measured in pixels.

This tag also accepts the following Event Handlers: onAfterUpdate onBlur onBounce onClick onDblClick onDragStart onFinish onFocus onHelp onMouseDown onMouseUp onMouseOver onMouseMove onMouseOut onKeyPress onKeyDown onKeyUp onResize onRowEnter onRowExit onStart onSelectStart