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A simple ticker with jQuery

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19 Nov 2012CPOL 29.3K  
Simple vertical scroller.

Introduction

This is a very simple scroller script that can be added to any HTML page. This Example has been tested and is compatible in IE, Netscape, Firefox, and Opera browsers.

Background

This example is being done using the jQuery framework.

Using the code

HTML Structure
C++
<div id="tickerwrapper">
    <div class="container">
        <ul>
            <li>1 </li>
            <li>2 </li>
            <li>3 </li>
            <li>4 </li>
            <li>5 </li>
            <li>6 </li>
        </ul>
    </div>    
</div>  

CSS

*{padding:0;margin:0}
ul li{list-style:none}
#tickerwrapper{padding:20px;width:150px}
#tickerwrapper ul li{padding:5px;text-align:center}
#tickerwrapper .container{background:#ccc;height:31px;overflow:hidden;width:150px;} 

JavaScript code

var containerheight = 0;
var numbercount = 0;
var liheight;
var index = 1;

function callticker() {    
    $(".container ul").animate({
        "margin-top": (-1) * (liheight * index)
    }, 2500);
    if (index != numbercount - 1) {
        index = index + 1;
    }
    else {
        index = 0;
    }
    timer = setTimeout("callticker()", 100);
}
$(document).ready(function() {
    numbercount = $(".container ul li").size();
    liheight = $(".container ul li").outerHeight();
    containerheight = $(".container ul  li").outerHeight() * numbercount;
    $(".container ul").css("height", containerheight);
    var timer = setTimeout("callticker()", 100);
}); 

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License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)