MARQUEE.direction (Property)

The direction of movement of the scrolling text in the MARQUEE.

Availability:

JScript - 3.0
Internet Explorer - 4.0
Property/method value type:String primitive
JavaScript syntax:IEmyMARQUEE.direction

A MARQUEE object can scroll in all four cardinal directions. Leftward scrolling is most likely the appropriate setting for textual content written in a Roman script that is read from left to right. Diagonal scrolling is not possible with a MARQUEE but could be implemented using layers in Netscape 4 or an IFRAME in MSIE and Netscape 6.0.

The following values are appropriate for this property: