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HTMLMarqueeElement

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This feature has been removed from the Web standards. Though some browsers may still support it, it is in the process of being dropped. Avoid using it and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

The HTMLMarqueeElement interface provides methods to manipulate <marquee> elements. It inherits properties and methods from the HTMLElement interface.

Properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.

HTMLMarqueeElement.behavior: Sets how the text is scrolled within the marquee. Possible values are scroll, slide and alternate. If no value is specified, the default value is scroll.
HTMLMarqueeElement.bgColor: Sets the background color through color name or hexadecimal value.
HTMLMarqueeElement.direction: Sets the direction of the scrolling within the marquee. Possible values are left, right, up and down. If no value is specified, the default value is left.
HTMLMarqueeElement.height: Sets the height in pixels or percentage value.
HTMLMarqueeElement.hspace: Sets the horizontal margin.
HTMLMarqueeElement.loop: Sets the number of times the marquee will scroll. If no value is specified, the default value is −1, which means the marquee will scroll continuously.
HTMLMarqueeElement.scrollAmount: Sets the amount of scrolling at each interval in pixels. The default value is 6.
HTMLMarqueeElement.scrollDelay: Sets the interval between each scroll movement in milliseconds. The default value is 85. Note that any value smaller than 60 is ignored and the value 60 is used instead, unless trueSpeed is true.
HTMLMarqueeElement.trueSpeed: By default, scrollDelay values lower than 60 are ignored. If trueSpeed is true, then those values are not ignored.
HTMLMarqueeElement.vspace: Sets the vertical margin.
HTMLMarqueeElement.width: Sets the width in pixels or percentage value.

Event handlers

HTMLMarqueeElement.onbounce: Fires when the marquee has reached the end of its scroll position. It can only fire when the behavior attribute is set to alternate.
HTMLMarqueeElement.onfinish: Fires when the marquee has finished the amount of scrolling that is set by the loop attribute. It can only fire when the loop attribute is set to some number that is greater than 0.
HTMLMarqueeElement.onstart: Fires when the marquee starts scrolling.

Methods

Inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.

HTMLMarqueeElement.start(): Starts scrolling of the marquee.
HTMLMarqueeElement.stop(): Stops scrolling of the marquee.

Examples

<marquee>This text will scroll from right to left</marquee>

<marquee direction="up">This text will scroll from bottom to top</marquee>

<marquee direction="down" width="250" height="200" behavior="alternate" style="border:solid">
  <marquee behavior="alternate">
    This text will bounce
  </marquee>
</marquee>

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLMarqueeElement' in that specification.	Living Standard	Made obsolete in favor of CSS but define its expected behavior for backward compatibility.
HTML 5.2 The definition of 'HTMLMarqueeElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	No changes.
HTML 5.1 The definition of 'HTMLMarqueeElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	No changes.
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLMarqueeElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Made obsolete in favor of CSS but define its expected behavior for backward compatibility.

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	1	Yes	No No `<marquee>` implements the `HTMLDivElement` interface. See bug 1425874.	2	7.2	1.2
`behavior`	1	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	2	7.2	1.2
`bgcolor`	1	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	2	7.2	1.2
`direction`	1	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	2	7.2	1.2
`height`	1	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	2	7.2	1.2
`hspace`	Yes	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	?	Yes	?
`loop`	Yes	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	?	Yes	?
`scrollamount`	1	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	2	7.2	1.2
`scrolldelay`	1	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	2	7.2	1.2
`truespeed`	Yes	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	4	Yes	No
`vspace`	Yes	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	?	Yes	?
`width`	1	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	2	7.2	1.2

	Mobile
	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	iOS Safari	Samsung Internet
Basic support	1	18	Yes	No No `<marquee>` implements the `HTMLDivElement` interface. See bug 1425874.	10.1	Yes	?
`behavior`	1	18	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	10.1	Yes	?
`bgcolor`	1	18	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	10.1	Yes	?
`direction`	1	18	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	10.1	Yes	?
`height`	1	18	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	10.1	Yes	?
`hspace`	Yes	Yes	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	Yes	?	?
`loop`	Yes	Yes	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	Yes	?	?
`scrollamount`	1	18	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	10.1	Yes	?
`scrolldelay`	1	18	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	10.1	Yes	?
`truespeed`	Yes	Yes	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	Yes	No	?
`vspace`	Yes	Yes	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	Yes	?	?
`width`	1	18	Yes	No No See bug 1425874.	10.1	Yes	?