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July 5, 2021 21:51
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A little typewriter component - pass in a list of strings and it will type out the first one, backspace, move to the second and cycle through each string.
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type TypeWriterProps = { | |
targets: string[]; | |
}; | |
type TypeWriterState = { | |
target: number; | |
text: string; | |
character: number; | |
increment: number; | |
pausedFor: number; | |
}; | |
class TypeWriter extends React.Component<TypeWriterProps, TypeWriterState> { | |
private timer: any; | |
constructor(props: TypeWriterProps) { | |
super(props); | |
this.state = { | |
target: 0, | |
text: "Amazon", | |
character: 7, | |
increment: 1, | |
pausedFor: 0, | |
}; | |
} | |
componentDidMount() { | |
let text = { ...this.state }; | |
const deferred = () => { | |
if (text.pausedFor === 0) { | |
text.character += text.increment; | |
if (text.character > this.props.targets[text.target].length) { | |
text.pausedFor = 1; | |
text.character = this.props.targets[text.target].length; | |
} else if (text.character <= 0) { | |
text.pausedFor = 1; | |
text.character = 0; | |
text.target = (text.target + 1) % this.props.targets.length; | |
} | |
} else { | |
text.pausedFor += 1; | |
if (text.pausedFor >= 9) { | |
text.increment = -text.increment; | |
text.pausedFor = 0; | |
} | |
} | |
text.text = this.props.targets[text.target].slice(0, text.character); | |
this.setState(text); | |
}; | |
this.timer = setInterval(deferred, 150); | |
} | |
componentWillUnmount() { | |
clearInterval(this.timer); | |
} | |
render() { | |
return ( | |
<> | |
<span>{this.state.text}</span> | |
<style jsx>{` | |
span { | |
border-radius: 0; | |
overflow: hidden; | |
border-right: 0.15em solid black; | |
white-space: nowrap; | |
margin: 0 auto; | |
letter-spacing: 0.15em; | |
animation: typing 3.5s steps(40, end), blink-caret 0.75s step-end infinite; | |
} | |
@keyframes blink-caret { | |
from, | |
to { | |
border-color: transparent; | |
} | |
50% { | |
border-color: black; | |
} | |
} | |
`}</style> | |
</> | |
); | |
} | |
} |
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