CSS marquee-style
Important: Since writing this article, the marquee module has been dropped from the CSS3 specification. The W3C suggests using CSS animations instead.
Therefore, do not use any of the marquee properties listed on this page. Instead, check out these CSS Marquee codes and examples (which are standards-compliant).
The CSS marquee-style property is used for specifying the style - or behavior - of a marquee. For example, the marquee could scroll, slide in, or bounce back and forth.
The marquee-style property works in conjunction with the overflow, overflow-style, marquee-play-count, marquee-direction, and marquee-speed properties.
What is a Marquee?
A marquee is an effect where the content within an HTML element moves - or "scrolls" - (either horizontally or vertically) so that eventually, all content has been displayed at least once. The content can keep scrolling or it can stop after a certain number of times. It can slide in and stop. It can bounce back and forth - either once or a pre-determined number of times.
How Do Marquees Work in CSS?
In CSS3, marquees work like this:
If the contents of an element are too large to fit inside the element, it is said to "overflow". The overflow property can be used to hide the parts that don't fit inside the box. Now the overflow-style property can be used to specify that a marquee should be used to display the content (a marquee-line for horizontally scrolling marquees and marquee-block for vertically scrolling marquees). The marquee-style property specifies the marquee behavior. For example, the marquee could scroll, slide in, or bounce back and forth.
Note that at the time of writing, browser support for CSS3 marquees is limited. Also, marquees have since been dropped from the CSS3 specification. Therefore, the examples on this page may not work as expected.
Syntax
Possible Values
The value can be one of the following.
scroll- Specifies that the content should start at one side, then scroll right across the element, then off the other side. Once it has disappeared off the other side, it starts again (assuming more than one iteration has been specified). This is often referred to as "scrolling" (eg, scrolling text, scrolling images, etc).
slide- Specifies that the content should slide in and then stop.
alternate- Specifies that the content should bounce back and forth.
In addition, all CSS properties also accept the following CSS-wide keyword values as the sole component of their property value:
initial- Represents the value specified as the property's initial value.
inherit- Represents the computed value of the property on the element's parent.
unset- This value acts as either
inheritorinitial, depending on whether the property is inherited or not. In other words, it sets all properties to their parent value if they are inheritable or to their initial value if not inheritable.
Basic Property Information
- Initial Value
scroll- Applies To
- Non-replaced block-level elements and non-replaced 'inline-block' elements
- Inherited?
- Yes
- Media
- Visual
Example Code
CSS Specifications
- The
marquee-styleproperty was defined in the CSS Marquee Module Level 3, but this specification has been abandoned and is obsolete.
Browser Support
Browser support for CSS properties can vary, particularly for newer or experimental features. Check current browser compatibility before using a property in production, especially when supporting older browsers.
Initial Value
CSS properties have an initial value that applies when the property has not been explicitly set. The initial value is different from the value inherited from a parent element and may vary between properties.
Inheritance
Some CSS properties inherit their computed value from their parent element by default, while others do not. The inherit, initial, unset, and revert keywords can also be used to control how a property gets its value.
Vendor Prefixes
Most modern CSS properties use the standard, unprefixed syntax. Vendor-prefixed properties such as -webkit- are mainly relevant to older browser versions or specific features and should only be used when required by your browser support targets.