Adjustments
1. To change typing speed change this number (the higher the slower):
{typeWriter(text, i + 1, fnCallback) }, 120);
2. To change the delay before animation starts again change this number:
setTimeout(function() {
StartTextAnimation(0);
}, 20000);
}
Source: http://codepen.io/danielgroen/pen/VeRPOq
CSS
.centre-me H1
{
font-weight: bold;
text-transform: uppercase;
display: block;
font-size: 40px;
height: 60px;
}
.centre-me
{
display: flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
}
JS
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',function(event){
// array with texts to type in typewriter
var dataText =
[ "This text is...",
"in Layout Javascript...",
" change your text there...",
" Search Engine Goes in HTML!"];
// type one text in the typwriter
// keeps calling itself until the text is finished
function typeWriter(text, i, fnCallback) {
// chekc if text isn't finished yet
if (i < (text.length)) {
// add next character to h1
document.querySelector(".type-two").innerHTML = text.substring(0, i+1) +'<span aria-hidden="true"></span>';
// wait for a while and call this function again for next character
setTimeout(function() {
typeWriter(text, i + 1, fnCallback)
}, 120);
}
// text finished, call callback if there is a callback function
else if (typeof fnCallback == 'function') {
// call callback after timeout
setTimeout(fnCallback, 700);
}
}
// start a typewriter animation for a text in the dataText array
function StartTextAnimation(i) {
if (typeof dataText[i] == 'undefined'){
setTimeout(function() {
StartTextAnimation(0);
}, 20000);
}
// check if dataText[i] exists
if (i < dataText[i].length) {
// text exists! start typewriter animation
typeWriter(dataText[i], 0, function(){
// after callback (and whole text has been animated), start next text
StartTextAnimation(i + 1);
});
}
}
// start the text animation
StartTextAnimation(0);
});
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