Stopping & Starting HTML Marquees

This page contains code that allows you to stop and start HTML marquees with your mouse. Therefore, your website users can stop/start your HTML marquees with their mouse too.

Clicking the Marquee

This example allows the user to stop the marquee when they click on the mouse (i.e. onmousedown). The marquee then continues when the user releases the mouse (i.e. onmouseup).

<!-- HTML codes by Quackit.com --> <marquee behavior="scroll" direction="left" onmousedown="this.stop();" onmouseup="this.start();">Go on... click me (and hold the mouse down)!</marquee>

This code results in:

Hovering over the Marquee

This example allows the user to stop the marquee when they hover over the marquee with their cursor (i.e. onmouseover). The marquee then continues when the user hovers away from the marquee (i.e. onmouseout).

<!-- HTML codes by Quackit.com --> <marquee behavior="scroll" direction="left" onmouseover="this.stop();" onmouseout="this.start();">Go on... hover over me!</marquee>

This code results in:

Start/Stop Buttons:

You can add "start" and "stop" buttons that enable the user to start and stop the marquee as required. To do this, simply add an "id" attribute to the marquee, then reference that from your buttons (created using the input tag).

<!-- HTML codes by Quackit.com --> <marquee behavior="scroll" direction="left" id="mymarquee"> <p>Go on... press the button!</p> </marquee> <input type="button" value="Stop Marquee" onClick="document.getElementById('mymarquee').stop();"> <input type="button" value="Start Marquee" onClick="document.getElementById('mymarquee').start();">

This code results in:

Stopping Multiple Marquees:

You can add "start" and "stop" buttons for as many marquees as you like. Just make sure you give each marquee a unique "id". For example, if you name your first marquee "marquee1", name the second marquee "marquee2" etc.

<!-- HTML codes by Quackit.com --> <marquee behavior="scroll" direction="right" scrollamount="20" id="marquee1"> <p>Marquee 1</p> </marquee> <marquee behavior="scroll" direction="left" scrollamount="20" id="marquee2"> <p>Marquee 2</p> </marquee> <input type="button" value="Stop Marquee 1" onClick="document.getElementById('marquee1').stop();"> <input type="button" value="Start Marquee 1" onClick="document.getElementById('marquee1').start();"><br /> <input type="button" value="Stop Marquee 2" onClick="document.getElementById('marquee2').stop();"> <input type="button" value="Start Marquee 2" onClick="document.getElementById('marquee2').start();">

This code results in:

Slowing Down Your Marquee

You can also make the marquee slow down instead of just stopping/starting. Here's the code to slow down & speed up your marquee.

MySpace Users

Unfortunately, you can't use the above examples in your MySpace profile. This is because MySpace doesn't allow you to put JavaScript in your profile (these examples use JavaScript to stop and start the marquee).

You can however, use the examples on the HTML Marquee Codes page.

More Marquee Tricks

Here are more tricks you can use with your marquees:

• The Falling Text Generator
• The Falling Object Generator
• HTML Marquee Codes