@vickjoe/react-news-ticker

React News Ticker

A sleek, customizable news ticker for React applications. Display news, announcements, or any other text with options for outline color, background color, auto-scroll, and much more.

Table of Contents

1. Installation
2. Usage
3. Props
4. Examples
5. Contributing
6. License

Installation

To install this package, run:

npm install react-news-ticker

Usage

Import NewsTicker in your React component:

import NewsTicker from 'react-news-ticker';

Then you can use the <NewsTicker /> component within your React components.

Props

Here are the props you can pass to the <NewsTicker /> component:

Prop	Type	Default	Description
outlineColor	string	black	Color of the ticker's outline
backgroundColor	string	#333	Background color of the ticker
textColor	string	#FFF	Text color of the ticker
xColor	string	same as textColor	Color of the 'x' close button
isAutoScroll	boolean	true	Whether the ticker text should auto-scroll
startTime	Date	null	Date and time the ticker should start displaying
stopTime	Date	null	Date and time the ticker should stop displaying
content	string	Default News Ticker Content	The text content to display in the ticker
scrollSpeed	string	80s	Speed at which the ticker text should scroll
fontSize	string	0.5em	Font size of the ticker text
fontFamily	string	'Arial, sans-serif'	Font family of the ticker text

Examples

Here are some example usages of the <NewsTicker /> component.

Example 1: Basic usage

import NewsTicker from 'react-news-ticker';

const App = () => {
  return (
    <NewsTicker content="This is some news" />
  );
};

Example 2: Custom Colors and Scrolling

import NewsTicker from 'react-news-ticker';

const App = () => {
  return (
    <NewsTicker 
      content="Customized news" 
      backgroundColor="#FFC300"
      outlineColor="black" 
      isAutoScroll={true}
    />
  );
};

Contributing

To contribute to this project, please fork the repository and submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

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