Marquee

Shows a generic text just like the text object, but with a scrolling effect.

Parameters

• id: the object's ID, used by UISets. Required
• position: the object's position. Use the pixels or rows and columns coordinates format
• size: the text box's width and height
• direction: the scrolling direction:
  • left: from right to left
  • right: from left to right
  • up: scrolls up
  • down: scrolls down
• speed: scroll speed; minimum speed is 1; larger numbers increase the speed
• text: the text. Can contain HTML tags
• css: optional, and defines the CSS style

Syntax

(marquee[!<id>] <pos>; <width>; <height>; <dir>; <speed>; <text>; <css>)

E.g.

(marquee!mymarquee r1c1; 200; 50; right; 1; scrolling text; color:blue)

UI Attributes

Common attributes

Name	Value	Description
pos	x<x>y<y>	Position specified as x/y coordinates. E.g. x-5y10
visible	true	Default. Show the object
	false	Hide the object
blink	true | slow	Blink the object at a slow speed
	fast	Blink the object at a fast speed
	false	Stop the blinking
opacity	0.0 ... 1.0	Object opacity from 0 (not visible) to 1 (fully visible)
rotation	0 ... 360	Object rotation in degrees. Images are rotated around the center point, all other objects are rotated around the top left corner

Chart attributes

Name	Value	Description
width	number	Text box's width in pixels
height	number	Text box's height in pixels
paused	true	Scrolling paused
	false	Default: scrolling
text	string	Set the text

A CSS color can be specified as

• hex value: #<rr><gg><bb> E.g. #FF1010
• color name: red, blue, white...
• as rgb: rgb(<r>,<g>,<b>) E.g. rgb(255,30,30)
• as rgba: rgba(<r>,<g>,<b>,<alpha>) E.g. rgba(255,30,30,0.5)