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 })