CSS Text Marquee Animation

What You'll Create

Continuously scrolling text that moves horizontally across the screen in a seamless loop - the classic marquee effect rebuilt with modern CSS.

The Problem It Solves

Creating attention-grabbing announcements or decorative text elements that scroll automatically. This CSS-only technique replaces outdated HTML marquee tags with smooth, customizable animations.

Perfect For

Announcement bars, Promotional messages, Decorative text strips, Sale notifications, Brand statements.

What Makes This Different

Pure CSS animation moves text continuously using translateX keyframes. Text is set to prevent wrapping (whitespace: pre) and the section overflow is hidden. Animation timing and direction are fully customizable.

Details

• Section Type: Classic

• Code Type: CSS

• Prerequisites: Text block with repeated content for seamless loop

• Toolkit Title: Marquee

Learn This Technique

This is one of 150+ code techniques taught inside Standout Squarespace, where you get:

• The complete, copy-paste code

• Video walkthrough explaining how it works

• The principles behind the technique so you can customize it

• Access to our private community for support