Typist

Elegant automated typing, for your text rotation needs.

We've actually improved our CTR on the Get Started Now and Discover More buttons by nearly 40% since Typist explained that Positionly is for more than just people, but for more specific types of business.

Typist is fully compatible with responsive layouts.

Setup

You can install Typist via Bower with bower install Typist or download typist.js and include it the old-fashioned way.

Basic Typist

CoffeeScript

typist = document.querySelector "#typist-element"
new Typist typist,
  letterInterval: 60
  textInterval:   3000

HTML

JavaScript is <strong id="typist-element" data-typist="ugly,not as good an CoffeeScript">great</strong>

CSS

.selectedText {
  background: #f00;
}

Callback + Custom Style Typist

CoffeeScript

typist = document.querySelector "#typist-element"
new Typist typist,
  letterInterval: 60
  textInterval:   3000
  onSlide: (text, options) ->
    suffix = options.typist.getAttribute "data-typist-suffix"
    log "#{text} #{suffix}" # ugly since it's JS

HTML

JavaScript is <strong id="typist-element" data-typist="ugly,not as good an CoffeeScript" data-typist-suffix="since it's JS">great</strong>

CSS

@keyframes blink {
  0% { opacity: 1.0; }
  50% { opacity: 0.0; }
  100% { opacity: 1.0; }
}

@-webkit-keyframes blink {
  0% { opacity: 1.0; }
  50% { opacity: 0.0; }
  100% { opacity: 1.0; }
}

#typist-element {
  &:after {
    content: " ";
    display: inline-block;
    height: 47px;
    position: relative;
    top: 10px;
    margin-left: 3px;
    margin-right: 7px;
    width: 4px;
    background: #06a44d;
    animation: blink 1s step-start 0s infinite;
    -webkit-animation: blink 1s step-start 0s infinite;
  }
}

.selectedText {
  display: none;
}

Options

Name	Type	Default	Description
letterInterval	integer	60	Miliseconds between typing a letter
textInterval	integer	3000	Miliseconds between text rotation
selectClassName	string	selectedText	Select element class name
onSlide	function	null	Callback when the slide changes, returns two arguments `text` (current textvariation) and `option` (an object of variables that might be of use, like the `slideIndex` or the typist element itself)

Requirements

Typist is framework-agnostic. No need for jQuery.

Source code

All efforts have been made to keep the source as clean and readable as possible.

Requirements

Typist is released under an MIT License, so do with it what you will.