HTML Marquee & its alternatives

Description

A brief look into the HTML Marquee & its alternatives.

Code

Simple example

<marquee>Test Message</marquee>

Refer Further Reading section for more details about Marquee Tag.

BTW you know how to stop & continue the animation of the Marquee? Check here.

<marquee onmouseover="this.stop();"  önmouseout="this.start();">Test Message</marquee>

Disadvantages

Well, It's part of the HTML Hell.

• It's a Bad Tag.
• Not a standard one.
• It's an annoying one.
• Very limited styles

Alternatives

We may use JavaScript(or jQuery) to create alternatives for Marquee. Here are a couple of alternatives.

• Cross Browser marquee[^]
• jScroller - a Autoscroller for jQuery[^]
• Cross Browser Ticker/Marquee[^]
• jQuery plugins - Marquee[^]

Further Reading

• Marquee element[^]
• Marquee (HTML element)[^]
• The HTML Hell Page[^]
• Bad Tags[^]
• HTML Shop of Horrors: Marquee Tag[^]