Adding scrolling area of text (Marquee-like element)

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I would like to add a scrolling text area to the Brooklyn theme, similar to the obsolete html marquee element. The text area would contain links. I suspect this needs to be done in css, but I’m not sure how to go about it with Shopify, since I’m new to the platform, and usually only work in backend. An example can be seen on https://hankjobenhavn.com/?v=dd65ef9a5579 under “New Arrivals”.

Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated.

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@JakobHL

You can use following code for scrolling text:

<div class="example1">
    <span>
      <a href="#">Title 1</a>
      <a href="#">Title 2</a>
      <a href="#">Title 3</a>
      <a href="#">Title 4</a>
      <a href="#">Title 5</a>
    </span>
  </div>

  <style>
    .example1 {
      height: 50px;	
      overflow: hidden;
      position: relative;
    }
    .example1 span{
      font-size: 2em;
      color: limegreen;
      position: absolute;
      width: 100%;
      height: 100%;
      margin: 0;
      line-height: 50px;
      text-align: center;
      /* Starting position */
      -moz-transform:translateX(100%);
      -webkit-transform:translateX(100%);	
      transform:translateX(100%);
      /* Apply animation to this element */	
      -moz-animation: example1 15s linear infinite;
      -webkit-animation: example1 15s linear infinite;
      animation: example1 15s linear infinite;
    }
    .example1 span a{
      margin-right:50px; 
    }
    /* Move it (define the animation) */
    @-moz-keyframes example1 {
      0%   { -moz-transform: translateX(100%); }
      100% { -moz-transform: translateX(-100%); }
    }
    @-webkit-keyframes example1 {
      0%   { -webkit-transform: translateX(100%); }
      100% { -webkit-transform: translateX(-100%); }
    }
    @keyframes example1 {
      0%   { 
        -moz-transform: translateX(100%); /* Firefox bug fix */
        -webkit-transform: translateX(100%); /* Firefox bug fix */
        transform: translateX(100%); 		
      }
      100% { 
        -moz-transform: translateX(-100%); /* Firefox bug fix */
        -webkit-transform: translateX(-100%); /* Firefox bug fix */
        transform: translateX(-100%); 
      }
    }
  </style>

Let me know if you need more help!

Cheers,

Tejas

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@Tejas_Nadpara Thanks a lot, it works like a charm! If I want the scrolling text to be in front of the slideshow, below the the navbar, how would I go about this?

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@JakobHL

Which theme you are using?

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@Tejas_Nadpara I’m using the Brooklyn theme.

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Hi, where would you plug this in?

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Hi @Tejas_Nadpara , I wonder if you can help me with a similar query. What would I need to code in order to make it this way of scrolling text? https://thecopycure.com/thanks/?firstname=Angela

I would like to have it on the first section of the home page. I’m not sure though which theme I’m going to go for, thus far I favour Narrative, but would consider using the purchased Show Time one. Thanks!

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Hi, You can use above code. It should work. The code may be required to modify according to theme.

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Thanks a mil for your quick answer. I tried already, but it didn’t work :frowning:

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Hi! Sorry I’m jumping in on an old thread, hoping someone might see this and could offer some help.

I want to include the marquee text like in the code above, which works well on desktop but cuts the message in half on mobile. Is there any way I can fix this?

I’m using the Impulse theme on my store.

TIA!

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Hi @ashtyn ,

It’s hard to say without viewing the page in question, but you likely have to add some mobile-specific CSS. Would it be possible to have a look at your site?

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Hi @JakobHL ,

Sure if you don’t mind taking a look, that would be amazing!

Let me send you a pm for access.

Thanks!

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Hi @ashtyn ,

I’ve had a look at your site, and I don’t know how comfortable you are with CSS/HTML, but I think you just need to do the following:

Add the css:

@media screen and (max-width: 640px) {
	.example1 {
    	span {
       		width: auto;
       		white-space: nowrap;
      	}
  	}
}

Alternatively set the width to some percentage larger than 100%, such as 140%. You can play around with that and see what works best.

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Hi @JakobHL ,

Thank you for the codes!

I’m using a custom content html block for this marquee text though, is there an alternate code in HTML that i could use instead?

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It’s not a problem. The CSS I posted styles the HTML you have, so it displays correctly on mobile.

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It doesn’t seem to be working for me.. I’ve already insert the code but there are no changes unfortunately. I used the code mentioned awhile back in this thread, and inserted the code you gave me above at the bottom, should that be correct?

I actually found a code that seems to display the full text on mobile, but the problem I have with this is that the animation is extremely choppy on mobile.
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I’ve tried again and simply inserted the white-space code and it worked! This fixed the issue where the sentence spilled into the next line. However, the marquee doesn’t flow naturally from right to left of the screen. Is there a code I can add in to make the scrolling infinite?

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  1. You’ll need to change the width too, however beware that if you don’t include the code the way I wrote it, then you’re probably also affecting how it looks on desktop, not just mobile. Can you post the section of code where you added the line-wrap part? The I can probably see what you need to write.
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I have the entire code here!


    
      ✧ Text here. ✧
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Try replacing the style-section with this: