Scrolling Text

[Epyminia]

Hi
Is it now possible to insert scrolling text in Xara webpages without having to resort to HTML?
Thanks in advance
E

[Acorn]

Hi
Is it now possible to insert scrolling text in Xara webpages without having to resort to HTML?
Thanks in advance
E

Epyminia, welcome to TalkGraphics.

The HTML <marquee> Tag is deprecated in HTML5 as it was often buggy.

This CSS solution is directly applied to a Xara Text Column or Area without any need to use Placeholders, so avoiding HTML.
The CSS could be put into a placeholder for easy use across different designs.

CSS - Marquee.xar

You can change the speed (10s == 10 seconds) and the direction as well as the width and position of the text.

You can also include shapes with a Name htmlclass="Marquee".

Acorn

[Epyminia]

Hi Acorn, many thanks for your speedy reply.
Unfortunately it is not quite what I am hoping for. I want to place a lengthy descriptive text article on a page and enable the viewer to scroll through it at their own pace, perhaps even going backwards if necessary.
Very amusing to see your text scrolling sideways and I will certainly have a play with it when the pressure eases.
Cheers
E

[Acorn]

E, try this: CSS - Scroll TextBox.xar

Here is a rework of my first that doesn't scroll "sideways": CSS - Text Scroller.xar.
If you hover, it stops.

Acorn

[Egg Bramhill]

Or as a simpler method. just using a placeholder to load another html page.

DEMO

[Acorn]

Or as a simpler method. just using a placeholder to load another html page.
DEMO

Egg, technically, an IFRAME is HTML I did not use it as Windows scroll bars inside one another look dreadful. CSS is more refined. jQuery is versatile. JavaScript is low level.

Acorn

[Epyminia]

Thanks chaps,
There is obviously more to Xara than meets the I
In this particular case I think that the Egg solution is closer to my requirements.
But I'll doodle with both...
E

[Acorn]

Thanks chaps,
There is obviously more to Xara than meets the I
In this particular case I think that the Egg solution is closer to my requirements.
But I'll doodle with both...
E

Good, I'm glad you've got a steer for your need.

Acorn

[Epyminia]

Egg, your solution suits me fine.... although there is still one fly in the ointment!
Your Demo works just great, however when I try, the vertical scrolling is good but I always have an unwanted horizontal slider bar at the bottom of the text.
Any thoughts on what I am doing wrong or not doing right?
E

[Egg Bramhill]

Reduce the width of the webpage that's loaded by the placeholder Epyminia.

One other advantage of this method is that if you publish this page to a sub-directory you only need to republish that single page, not the complete site.