First string typed is not showing

[stefankempf]

Description

The first string I use for the typewriter animation is not showing.

Demo

https://codepen.io/stefankempf/pen/JjBjEWq

Workaround

Use an empty span as first element.

Same as #518

[digisomni]

I am getting this issue too.

[mattboldt]

huh, this is odd. Looks like it only happens if there is extra space in the typed element at the start. In your codepen, when I updated it to <span id="typed"></span>, it worked correctly 🤔

[mattboldt]

Ah, I know what's happening. If you start with an element like this:

<span id="typed">Some static text</span>

typed.js will detect "Some static text" exists, and it will backspace it as part of the animation. However, due to a bug, it now thinks that it needs to move forward to the "next" string to animate. It skips the 1st one because it thinks it's already backspaced it.

Not sure of good a fix right now, but I'll put some thought into it.

[mattboldt]

Fixed with the latest release!