Scrolling topics up, down left or right
Choose between horizontal and vertical scrolling.
Choose navigation button position and color
Choose whether to display buttons or not. Buttons can be position top, bottom, left or right.
Define custom navigation buttons
Create your own navigation buttons to use instead of the built-in buttons.
Adjustable scroll speed
Set the speed that topics scroll.
Define content using XML, text file or arrays
Topic text can be inserted directly inside the Flash component panel, dynamically through ActionScript or through external XML or text files. This makes it incredibly easy to update the contents without touching the fla and a great way for your clients to control the content too.
Compatible with the rssReader component
Display live RSS/RDF news feeds in minutes when used together with the Flashloaded rssReader.
Text alignment
Choose to align text left, right or center.
Line Spacing
Set the text line spacing.
Image Position
Select the images to appear above or below the text as well as left, right or center.
Resizable
Set the size of the flashTicker to suit your needs.
Adjustable text width
Set the text width or let the width be determined automatically according to the ticker width.
Include images or SWFs
Add images (jpegs) or small SWFs to your topics or create topics with only images or swfs (only when using XML). A great way to display a slide show of images.
Open links in different targets
Have your topics open URLs, SWFs or images.
Easy control over target location
Easily choose the location where links should open (new window, new level, target movie clip, etc).
Pause on mouseover
Option to set the tickers to pause on mouseover, without moving to the next topic.
Adjustable pause time
Set the pause time before each topic disappears.
Display hand cursor or arrow
Choose whether to display the hand cursor on clickable topics or not.
Display or hide border
Choose whether to display a border around the ticker or not as well as border color.
Change topic color on visited
Have the topic text change color (to a color of your choice) after a topic has been clicked on once.
Choose background color and visibility
Optional background color behind the flashTicker.
Change mouseover font color and topic background color
Choose whether to change topic text color and topic text background color on mouseover - to a color of your choice.
Adjustable buffer margins
Sets the margins between the topic content and all four borders.
ActionScript reference included
Define and setup the flashTicker through ActionScript and control key functionality.
Supports HTML tags Change font color for a topic or include underline, bold or italic in your topic text using HTML tags (not available w/typewriter effect).
Only 9kb
Adds virtually no weight to your file size.
Drag and drop
Easy to use - just drag and drop from the Flash components panel onto the stage, set the parameters and you're up and running...
Works with pixel fonts
Fully supports pixel fonts, always scrolling text on the whole pixel.
