typical

Animated typing in ~400 bytes :blowfish: 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

Demo →

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Install

1npm 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.

API

1type(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:

• string arguments will be typed
• number arguments will pause, in milliseconds
• function arguments will be called with the target element as an argument
• Promise arguments will wait for resolution

Usage

The most basic usage of type is providing a target element and a string to type.

1import { type } from '@camwiegert/typical';
2
3type(element, 'text');

Pausing

In order to pause typing at any point, pass a number of milliseconds to pause.

1type(element, 'Hello', 1000, 'Hello world!');

Looping

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.

1import {
2    type,
3    type as loop
4};
5
6const steps = [1000, 'Ready', 1000, 'Set', 1000, 'Go'];
7
8type(element, ...steps, loop);

To loop a finite amount, pass your steps multiple times.

1type(element, ...steps, ...steps, ...steps);

Waiting

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.

1const init = type(target, 'In a moment...', 500);
2
3type(target, init, 'start', 500, 'looping', loop);

Functions

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.

1const toggle = (element) =>
2    element.classList.toggle('is-typing');
3
4type(target, toggle, 'Type me', toggle);

Support

• Chrome
• Edge
• Firefox
• Safari
• Internet Explorer