<MARQUEE> Command

Command Syntax: <MARQUEE command parameters>   some scrolling text </MARQUEE> The command generates a scrolling marquee using the parameters provided.  At present, the command works only in the Internet Explorer browser.

Command Parameters: align="top | middle | bottom" Defines alignment of ordinary text placed near the marquee where: top - aligns surrounding text to the top of the marquee boundary. middle - aligns surrounding text to the middle of the marquee boundaries. bottom - aligns surrounding text to the bottom of the marquee boundary. behavior="alternate | scroll | slide" Defines way in which text within the marquee will display where: alternate - text appears to move from side to side within the boundaries of the marquee. scroll - text begins off screen and scrolls toward the opposite side until it disappears off screen again before repeating. slide - text moves in from off screen, moves toward the opposite boundary of the marquee, and stops when it encounters the boundary. bgcolor="named color | color value" Defines the background color used within the marquee.  Background color can be expressed either as a named color or as a hexadecimal color value. direction="left | right" Determines the initial direction in which the marquee text will move. height|width="% | pixels" Determine the height and/or width of the marquee either in pixels or as a percent of the space available for display, respectively. hspace|vspace="pixels" Determine the horizontal and/or vertical standoff which surround the marquee and define the amount of white space between the boundaries of the marquee and surrounding normal text, respectively. loop="integer | infinite" Determines the number of times the text in the marquee will repeat the scrolling action where: -1 - the scrolling will continue indefinitely - same as infinite. integer - the scrolling will continue until the integer value is reached and then stop. infinite - the scrolling will continue indefinitely - same as -1. scrollamount="pixels" Determines the number of pixels by which each iteration of the scrolling display is incremented.  Smaller values produce slower but smoother scrolling effects. scrolldelay="milliseconds" Determines the integer number of milliseconds which elapse between successive iterations of the scrolling display.  Smaller numbers produce more rapid scrolling effects.

Example: <table width=100% border=4> <tr> <td width=100% align=center valign=center> <marquee align="middle" behavior="slide" bgcolor="cornsilk" direction="left" height="40" width="100%" scrollamount="5" scrolldelay="1"> <font color="brown" size=6><b> Scrolling Marquee Text </b></font> </marquee> </td> </tr> </table> Yields - A scrolling marquee as displayed below but only in the Internet Explorer browser: Scrolling Marquee Text [ Animated 300K Simulation GIF for Netscape above ] The Netscape browser is not capable of marquee displays.  View the animated GIF simulation above instead.

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