Html - simple type writer animation in javascript

FisherSHADOW
June 27, 2023
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I want to make an animation of type writer so when it reaches the last world it just delete everything and start over. so what can I do to make it simple ?

<body>
    <h1 id="main-text">
      <span id="sp1"></span>
    </h1>

    <script>
      let mainText = document.getElementById("main-text");
      let txt1 = "this is the main text!!!";
      let sp1 = document.getElementById("sp1");
      let cnt = 0;
      let txt1Handle = document.getElementById(txt1);

        let myInterval = setInterval(() => {
          let letter = document.createTextNode(txt1[cnt]);
          sp1.appendChild(letter);
          cnt++;
          console.log(cnt);
          if (cnt >= txt1.length) {
            cnt = 0;
            clearInterval(myInterval);
          }
        }, 200);

    </script>
  </body>

Answers

Is this what you were looking for? You could even add a small delay inbetween swapping the texts so users have more of a chance to read it.

let txts = [];
txts.push("this is the main text!!!");
txts.push("this is the second text");
txts.push("this is the third text");

let sp1 = document.getElementById("sp1");
let cnt = 0;
let txtIndex = 0;



let myInterval = setInterval(() => {
   
  console.log(txts);

  sp1.textContent = txts[txtIndex].substring(0, cnt++);

  if (cnt > txts[txtIndex].length){
        cnt = 0;
    txtIndex++
        if (txtIndex >= txts.length) 
        txtIndex = 0;
  }

}, 100);

<h1 id="main-text">
  <span id="sp1"></span>
</h1>

First of, create a reusable function that accepts two arguments, the element to target, and an Array of words to be typed in.
Don’t use setInterval, use setTimeout that recalls an inner type function. That way you can wait longer once a text is fully typed for a better UX
use String.prototype.slice() to get the portion of text (from 0 to the incrementing charIndex) and use Node.textContent to print it as the element’s text
use the Modulo (Remainder) operator % to loop the text index back to 0

const typewriter = (el, texts) => {
  
  const textsTotal = texts.length;
  let textIndex = 0;
  let charIndex = 0;
  
  const text = texts[textIndex]; // Get the text by index

  const type = () => {
    
    const text = texts[textIndex];
    const isEnded = charIndex >= text.length;
    const time = isEnded ? 1500 : 260; // Wait longer when text is fully typed
    el.textContent = text.slice(0, charIndex + 1);

    charIndex += 1; // increment character index
    
    if (isEnded) {
      charIndex = 0; // Reset char index
      textIndex = ++textIndex % textsTotal; // next text (and loop)
    }
    
    setTimeout(type, time); // Loop!
  };
  
  // Start!
  type();
};


typewriter(
  document.getElementById("sp1"),
  ["Main!!", "Second text", "Third text example"]
);

typewriter(
  document.getElementById("sp2"),
  ["code", "examples", "quality"]
);

<div id="sp1"></div>
We provide <span id="sp2"></span>

For completeness, "simple" – but unsure if that’s exactly the desired… here’s the simple:

const typewriter = (el) => {
  const text = el.dataset.typewriter;
  let i = 0;
  setInterval(() => {
    i = ++i % (text.length + 1);
    el.textContent = text.slice(0, i);
  }, 300);
};

document.querySelectorAll("[data-typewriter]").forEach(typewriter);

<span data-typewriter="Main text!!!"></span>

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