I'm trying to find a very simple and smooth, lightweight javascript or jquery marquee. I already tried silk marquee or something, but it wouldn't work with the application I was using. So the simpler and shorter, the better - and easier to debug. Does anybody know of a easy to implement javascript replacement for the marquee?
Code
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
var tWidth='300px'; // width (in pixels)
var tHeight='25px'; // height (in pixels)
var tcolour='#ffffcc'; // background colour:
var moStop=true; // pause on mouseover (true or false)
var fontfamily = 'arial,sans-serif'; // font for content
var tSpeed=3; // scroll speed (1 = slow, 5 = fast)
// enter your ticker content here (use \/ and \' in place of / and ' respectively)
var content='Are you looking for loads of useful information <a href="http:\/\/javascript.about.com\/">About Javascript<\/a>? Well now you\'ve found it.';
var cps=-tSpeed; var aw, mq; var fsz = parseInt(tHeight) - 4; function startticker(){if (document.getElementById) {var tick = '<div style="position:relative;width:'+tWidth+';height:'+tHeight+';overflow:hidden;background-color:'+tcolour+'"'; if (moStop) tick += ' onmouseover="cps=0" onmouseout="cps=-tSpeed"'; tick +='><div id="mq" style="position:absolute;right:0px;top:0px;font-family:'+fontfamily+';font-size:'+fsz+'px;white-space:nowrap;"><\/div><\/div>'; document.getElementById('ticker').innerHTML = tick; mq = document.getElementById("mq"); mq.style.right=(10+parseInt(tWidth))+"px"; mq.innerHTML='<span id="tx">'+content+'<\/span>'; aw = document.getElementById("tx").offsetWidth; lefttime=setInterval("scrollticker()",50);}} function scrollticker(){mq.style.right = (parseInt(mq.style.right)>(-10 - aw)) ?
mq.style.right = parseInt(mq.style.right)+cps+"px": parseInt(tWidth)+10+"px";} window.onload=startticker;
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="ticker">
this is a simple scrolling text!
</div>
</body>
</html>
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Responsive resist jQuery marquee simple plugin. Tutorial:
// start plugin
(function($){
$.fn.marque = function(options, callback){
// check callback
if(typeof callback == 'function'){
callback.call(this);
} else{
console.log("second argument (callback) is not a function");
// throw "callback must be a function"; //only if callback for some reason is required
// return this; //only if callback for some reason is required
}
//set and overwrite default functions
var defOptions = $.extend({
speedPixelsInOneSecound: 150, //speed will behave same for different screen where duration will be different for each size of the screen
select: $('.message div'),
clickSelect: '', // selector that on click will redirect user ... (optional)
clickUrl: '' //... to this url. (optional)
}, options);
//Run marque plugin
var windowWidth = $(window).width();
var textWidth = defOptions.select.outerWidth();
var duration = (windowWidth + textWidth) * 1000 / defOptions.speedPixelsInOneSecound;
var startingPosition = (windowWidth + textWidth);
var curentPosition = (windowWidth + textWidth);
var speedProportionToLocation = curentPosition / startingPosition;
defOptions.select.css({'right': -(textWidth)});
defOptions.select.show();
var animation;
function marquee(animation){
curentPosition = (windowWidth + defOptions.select.outerWidth());
speedProportionToLocation = curentPosition / startingPosition;
animation = defOptions.select.animate({'right': windowWidth+'px'}, duration * speedProportionToLocation, "linear", function(){
defOptions.select.css({'right': -(textWidth)});
});
}
var play = setInterval(marquee, 200);
//add onclick behaviour
if(defOptions.clickSelect != '' && defOptions.clickUrl != ''){
defOptions.clickSelect.click(function(){
window.location.href = defOptions.clickUrl;
});
}
return this;
};
}(jQuery));
// end plugin
Use this custom jQuery plugin as bellow:
//use example
$(window).marque({
speedPixelsInOneSecound: 150, // spped pixels/secound
select: $('.message div'), // select an object on which you want to apply marquee effects.
clickSelect: $('.message'), // select clicable object (optional)
clickUrl: 'services.php' // define redirection url (optional)
});
I just created a simple jQuery plugin for that. Try it ;)
The following works:
The problem with your original code was you are calling scrollticker() by passing a string to setInterval, where you should just pass the function name and treat it as a variable:
lefttime = setInterval(scrollticker, 50);
instead of
lefttime = setInterval("scrollticker()", 50);
My text marquee for more text, and position absolute enabled
http://jsfiddle.net/zrW5q/2075/
(function($) {
$.fn.textWidth = function() {
var calc = document.createElement('span');
$(calc).text($(this).text());
$(calc).css({
position: 'absolute',
visibility: 'hidden',
height: 'auto',
width: 'auto',
'white-space': 'nowrap'
});
$('body').append(calc);
var width = $(calc).width();
$(calc).remove();
return width;
};
$.fn.marquee = function(args) {
var that = $(this);
var textWidth = that.textWidth(),
offset = that.width(),
width = offset,
css = {
'text-indent': that.css('text-indent'),
'overflow': that.css('overflow'),
'white-space': that.css('white-space')
},
marqueeCss = {
'text-indent': width,
'overflow': 'hidden',
'white-space': 'nowrap'
},
args = $.extend(true, {
count: -1,
speed: 1e1,
leftToRight: false
}, args),
i = 0,
stop = textWidth * -1,
dfd = $.Deferred();
function go() {
if (that.css('overflow') != "hidden") {
that.css('text-indent', width + 'px');
return false;
}
if (!that.length) return dfd.reject();
if (width <= stop) {
i++;
if (i == args.count) {
that.css(css);
return dfd.resolve();
}
if (args.leftToRight) {
width = textWidth * -1;
} else {
width = offset;
}
}
that.css('text-indent', width + 'px');
if (args.leftToRight) {
width++;
} else {
width--;
}
setTimeout(go, args.speed);
};
if (args.leftToRight) {
width = textWidth * -1;
width++;
stop = offset;
} else {
width--;
}
that.css(marqueeCss);
go();
return dfd.promise();
};
// $('h1').marquee();
$("h1").marquee();
$("h1").mouseover(function () {
$(this).removeAttr("style");
}).mouseout(function () {
$(this).marquee();
});
})(jQuery);
Why write custom jQuery code for Marquee... just use a plugin for jQuery - marquee() and use it like in the example below:
First include :
<script type='text/javascript' src='//cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery.marquee/1.3.1/jquery.marquee.min.js'></script>
and then:
//proporcional speed counter (for responsive/fluid use)
var widths = $('.marquee').width()
var duration = widths * 7;
$('.marquee').marquee({
//speed in milliseconds of the marquee
duration: duration, // for responsive/fluid use
//duration: 8000, // for fixed container
//gap in pixels between the tickers
gap: $('.marquee').width(),
//time in milliseconds before the marquee will start animating
delayBeforeStart: 0,
//'left' or 'right'
direction: 'left',
//true or false - should the marquee be duplicated to show an effect of continues flow
duplicated: true
});
If you can make it simpler and better I dare you all people :). Don't make your life more difficult than it should be. More about this plugin and its functionalities at: http://aamirafridi.com/jquery/jquery-marquee-plugin
I've made very simple function for marquee. See: http://jsfiddle.net/vivekw/pHNpk/2/ It pauses on mouseover & resumes on mouseleave. Speed can be varied. Easy to understand.
function marquee(a, b) {
var width = b.width();
var start_pos = a.width();
var end_pos = -width;
function scroll() {
if (b.position().left <= -width) {
b.css('left', start_pos);
scroll();
}
else {
time = (parseInt(b.position().left, 10) - end_pos) *
(10000 / (start_pos - end_pos)); // Increase or decrease speed by changing value 10000
b.animate({
'left': -width
}, time, 'linear', function() {
scroll();
});
}
}
b.css({
'width': width,
'left': start_pos
});
scroll(a, b);
b.mouseenter(function() { // Remove these lines
b.stop(); //
b.clearQueue(); // if you don't want
}); //
b.mouseleave(function() { // marquee to pause
scroll(a, b); //
}); // on mouse over
}
$(document).ready(function() {
marquee($('#display'), $('#text')); //Enter name of container element & marquee element
});
I made my own version, based in the code presented above by @Tats_innit . The difference is the pause function. Works a little better in that aspect.
(function ($) {
var timeVar, width=0;
$.fn.textWidth = function () {
var calc = '<span style="display:none">' + $(this).text() + '</span>';
$('body').append(calc);
var width = $('body').find('span:last').width();
$('body').find('span:last').remove();
return width;
};
$.fn.marquee = function (args) {
var that = $(this);
if (width == 0) { width = that.width(); };
var textWidth = that.textWidth(), offset = that.width(), i = 0, stop = textWidth * -1, dfd = $.Deferred(),
css = {
'text-indent': that.css('text-indent'),
'overflow': that.css('overflow'),
'white-space': that.css('white-space')
},
marqueeCss = {
'text-indent': width,
'overflow': 'hidden',
'white-space': 'nowrap'
},
args = $.extend(true, { count: -1, speed: 1e1, leftToRight: false, pause: false }, args);
function go() {
if (!that.length) return dfd.reject();
if (width <= stop) {
i++;
if (i <= args.count) {
that.css(css);
return dfd.resolve();
}
if (args.leftToRight) {
width = textWidth * -1;
} else {
width = offset;
}
}
that.css('text-indent', width + 'px');
if (args.leftToRight) {
width++;
} else {
width=width-2;
}
if (args.pause == false) { timeVar = setTimeout(function () { go() }, args.speed); };
if (args.pause == true) { clearTimeout(timeVar); };
};
if (args.leftToRight) {
width = textWidth * -1;
width++;
stop = offset;
} else {
width--;
}
that.css(marqueeCss);
timeVar = setTimeout(function () { go() }, 100);
return dfd.promise();
};
})(jQuery);
usage:
for start: $('#Text1').marquee()
pause: $('#Text1').marquee({ pause: true })
resume: $('#Text1').marquee({ pause: false })
Source: Stackoverflow.com