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Created January 9, 2022 23:59
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CSS typewriter
<h1>Hallo, Wij zijn Codefield!</h1>
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded',function(event){
// array with texts to type in typewriter
var dataText = [ "Utrecht.", "Full Service.", "Webdevelopment.", "Wij zijn Codefield!"];
// 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("h1").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)
}, 100);
}
// 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);
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
body {
background-color: #120439;
height: 100%;
font-family: 'tradegothiclt-bold', sans-serif;
}
h1 {
font-size: 5em;
color: white;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
span {
border-right: .05em solid;
animation: caret 1s steps(1) infinite;
}
@keyframes caret {
50% {
border-color: transparent;
}
}
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