react-typing2

A tiny React library for animation typing effect with optional text highlighting.

• Vanilla JavaScript ⚡
• ~260kb ⚡
• no JQuery needed 🎉
• ES6 ✔️

<Typing
	// ... you can add more props here
	data={[
		{ sentence: "Typing effect..." },
		{ sentence: "...with highlighting.", highlight: "highlighting", color: "#3366cc" }
		// ...
	]}
/>

Getting started

Installation

npm install --save react-typing2

Usage

import Typing from 'typing-react2';

// Basic setup with standard options without text highlighting.
<Typing data={{ sentence: "Typing effect..." }} />

// You can use an array to output more than one sentence.
<Typing
  data={[
    { sentence: "My first sentence." },
    { sentence: "Even more text here." },
  ]}
/>

// To highlight text
<Typing
  data={{
    sentence: "The sky is blue today.", highlight: 'blue', color: '#aeccfc'
  }}
/>

// Modify typing speed etc.
<Typing
  data={{
    sentence: "The sky is blue today.", highlight: 'blue', color: '#aeccfc'
  }}
  speed={80}
  delete={true} // <-- will delete the text after its fully written.
  deleteSpeed={50}
  hideCursorOnExit={true}
  // new loop features
  loop={1}
  infiniteLoop={false}
/>

Options

Add some additional options to style your typing effect.

speed

The typing effect uses a delay in ms between each written letter.

Default: 40

initDelay

Initial delay in ms. If some delay is needed before output.

Default: 0

betweenDelay

After each fully written sentence will be a break in ms.

Default: 500

delete

A sentence can be deleted after its full appearance.

Default: true

deleteSpeed

The deletion uses a delay in ms between each deleted letter.

Default: 100

deleteDelay

Before starting the deletion effect there will be a pause in ms.

Default: 1500

removeOnExit

Clear the content after the effect is completed.

Default: false

loop

Repeat the animation loop times. Ignored if infiniteLoop true.

Default: 1

infiniteLoop

Runs the animation infinitely. Option loop will be ignored.

Default: false

Cursor options

hideCursor

Hide the cursor.

Default: false

cursorHeight

Set the height of the cursor. All units possible.

Default: 42px

cursorColor

Change the color of the cursor.

Default: #fffff

cursorClass

Add a custom class name to the cursor.

Default: null

hideCursorOnExit

Hide the blinking cursor after the effect is completed.

Default: false

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• License MIT
• Made by Frank Arlt
• Inspired by Typing Carousel Effect (https://codepen.io/josephwong2004/pen/ExgoKde)