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HTML Marquee Element
In this tutorial, we will learn about marquee tag and its attribute in HTML with the help of examples.
<marquee> Tag
The marquee element is a container tag of HTML.
It scrolls the content inside it either from horizontally (left to right or right to left) or vertically (top to bottom or bottom to top).
By default, the text inside the <marquee> tag will scroll from right to left. It has both an opening and closing tag.
Note : The <marquee> tag has been deprecated (no longer in use) in HTML 5.
<marquee> Tag Attributes
There are some attributes which can be used in <marquee> tag :
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| direction | It specifies the direction of scrolling the content |
| bgcolor | It specifies the background color of the marquee |
| width | It defines the width of a marquee |
| height | It defines the height of a marquee |
| hspace | It specifies the horizontal space around the marquee |
| vspace | It specifies the vertical space around the marquee |
| loop | It specifies how many times content moves |
Example :
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Marquee Tag Attribute</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <marquee>This is a simple marquee tag.</marquee>
    <marquee direction = "right" bgcolor = "#ff0000">This is
a marquee tag with direction attribute.</marquee>
    <marquee bgcolor = "#ffa500">This is a marquee tag with
bgcolor attribute.</marquee>
    <marquee width = "300px" bgcolor = "#ffff00">This is a
marquee tag with width attrbiute.</marquee>
    <marquee height = "50px" bgcolor = "#008000">This is a
marquee tag with height attribute.</marquee>
    <marquee hspace = "50px" bgcolor = "#0000ff">This is a
marquee tag with hspace attribute.</marquee>
    <marquee vspace = "50px" bgcolor = "#4b0082">This is a
marquee tag with vspace attribute.</marquee>
    <marquee loop = "5" bgcolor = "#ee82ee">This is a marquee
tag with loop attribute.</marquee>
  </body>
</html>Output
This is a simple marquee tag.
This is a marquee tag with direction attribute.
This is a marquee tag with bgcolor attribute.
This is a marquee tag with width attrbiute.
This is a marquee tag with height attribute.
This is a marquee tag with hspace attribute.
This is a marquee tag with vspace attribute.
This is a marquee tag with loop attribute.