Animated typing in ~400 bytes 🐡 of JavaScript.
- Zero dependencies
- MIT licensed →
- Emoji support
- Smart delete: only delete what needs deleting
- Pausing: pause between steps
- Looping: easily loop from any point
- Waiting: wait on arbitrary Promises
- Humanity: slightly varied typing speed
npm install @camwiegert/typical
More install options
Instead of using a package manager, you can download typical.js
from GitHub and import it locally or import it directly from a CDN like unpkg.
type(target: HTMLElement, ...steps: any[]) => Promise<void>;
The module exports a single function, type
, which takes a target element as its first argument, and any number of additional arguments as the steps to perform. Additional arguments perform actions based on their type:
Type | Action |
---|---|
string |
Type text |
number |
Pause (milliseconds) |
function |
Call with target element |
Promise |
Wait for resolution |
The most basic usage of type
is providing a target element and a string to type.
import { type } from '@camwiegert/typical';
type(element, 'text');
In order to pause typing at any point, pass a number of milliseconds to pause.
type(element, 'Hello', 1000, 'Hello world!');
In order to loop, pass type
as a parameter to itself at the point at which you'd like to start looping. It can be helpful to alias type
as loop
to be explicit.
import {
type,
type as loop
};
const steps = [1000, 'Ready', 1000, 'Set', 1000, 'Go'];
type(element, ...steps, loop);
To loop a finite amount, pass your steps multiple times.
type(element, ...steps, ...steps, ...steps);
When passed a Promise
, type
will wait for it to resolve before continuing. Because type
itself returns a Promise
, that means you can wait on a set of steps to complete before starting another.
const init = type(target, 'In a moment...', 500);
type(target, init, 'start', 500, 'looping', loop);
Function arguments are passed the target element, and can be useful for operating on the target element between steps. If you return a Promise
, type
will wait for it to resolve.
const toggle = (element) =>
element.classList.toggle('is-typing');
type(target, toggle, 'Type me', toggle);
- Chrome
- Edge
- Firefox
- Safari
- Internet Explorer
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