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Any letter with a hole becomes an eye: the pupil follows the pointer, lashes grow on top, and real lids close it when it blinks. Poke one and it winks.
View codeText that writes itself in when it reaches the screen: lines rising from a mask, words coming into focus, or letters. Plays once.
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Reveal my section titles with Kodza Text Reveal.
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<h2 class="kodza-text-reveal">Copy, paste, and go home early.</h2>
<p class="kodza-text-reveal" data-split="words">No bloat. No setup. No drama.</p>
<p class="kodza-text-reveal" data-split="chars">Ship it.</p>
/* Kodza License: free to use, client work included. Not to resell or redistribute, ported or not: https://kodza.dev/docs/#print-license */
/* Kodza — Text Reveal
Text that writes itself in when it reaches the screen.
Three ways, picked with data-split: (default) lines that rise from behind a mask,
"words" that come into focus one after the other, "chars" for letters.
It plays once; send a "kodza:replay" event to the element to play it again.
Everything is tuned with the --kz-text-reveal-* variables. */
.kodza-text-reveal {
--kz-text-reveal-duration: 0.9s;
--kz-text-reveal-stagger: 90ms;
--kz-text-reveal-ease: cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1);
}
/* Hidden until it plays, only once the script is there to play it */
.kodza-text-reveal.is-ready:not(.is-revealed) .kodza-text-reveal__piece {
opacity: 0;
}
.kodza-text-reveal__line {
display: block;
overflow: hidden;
/* Room for descenders, without opening the gap between lines */
padding-bottom: 0.08em;
margin-bottom: -0.08em;
}
.kodza-text-reveal__piece {
display: inline-block;
white-space: pre;
}
.kodza-text-reveal.is-playing .kodza-text-reveal__piece {
animation: kodza-text-reveal-rise var(--kz-text-reveal-duration) var(--kz-text-reveal-ease) both;
animation-delay: calc(var(--i, 0) * var(--kz-text-reveal-stagger));
}
.kodza-text-reveal[data-split="words"].is-playing .kodza-text-reveal__piece {
animation-name: kodza-text-reveal-focus;
}
.kodza-text-reveal[data-split="chars"].is-playing .kodza-text-reveal__piece {
animation-name: kodza-text-reveal-char;
}
@keyframes kodza-text-reveal-rise {
from { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(105%); }
to { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
}
@keyframes kodza-text-reveal-focus {
from { opacity: 0; filter: blur(10px); transform: translateY(0.3em); }
to { opacity: 1; filter: none; transform: none; }
}
@keyframes kodza-text-reveal-char {
from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(0.6em) rotate(8deg); }
to { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.kodza-text-reveal .kodza-text-reveal__piece {
opacity: 1 !important;
animation: none !important;
}
}
/* kodza-guard 7481e5d1b0ec — generated by Kodza, do not edit.
Theme guard: keeps a site's own CSS (WordPress themes, Bootstrap, CSS resets…) off this
component. :not(#_) is always true and weighs as much as an id, so these lines win over
theme rules made of classes and tags. Customise the component through its --kz-* variables. */
/* What the browser gives, on everything the component leaves to it */
.kodza-text-reveal:not(#_) {
border: revert;
padding: revert;
border-radius: revert;
outline: revert;
text-decoration: revert;
transition: revert;
list-style: revert;
box-sizing: revert;
position: revert;
background-color: revert;
background-image: revert;
box-shadow: revert;
outline-offset: revert;
appearance: revert;
max-height: revert;
color: revert;
font-family: revert;
font-style: revert;
text-transform: revert;
text-underline-offset: revert;
text-align: revert;
text-indent: revert;
text-shadow: revert;
vertical-align: revert;
}
.kodza-text-reveal__line:not(#_),
.kodza-text-reveal__piece:not(#_) {
box-sizing: revert;
}
.kodza-text-reveal:not(#_):where(:not([hidden])) {
display: revert;
}
.kodza-text-reveal:not(#_):where([hidden]) {
display: none;
}
// Kodza License: free to use, client work included. Not to resell or redistribute, ported or not: https://kodza.dev/docs/#print-license
// Kodza — Text Reveal
// When the text reaches the screen, splits it into lines, words or letters and plays
// the reveal, one piece after the other. Lines are measured where the browser actually
// wraps them. Once done, the text goes back to plain text, so it reflows normally.
(() => {
const SELECTOR = '.kodza-text-reveal';
const reduceMotion = window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;
function split(root, text, mode) {
root.textContent = '';
if (mode === 'chars' || mode === 'words') {
const pieces = mode === 'chars' ? [...text] : text.split(/(\s+)/);
let i = 0;
pieces.forEach((piece) => {
if (/^\s+$/.test(piece)) return root.append(piece);
const span = document.createElement('span');
span.className = 'kodza-text-reveal__piece';
span.textContent = piece;
span.style.setProperty('--i', i++);
root.append(span);
});
return i;
}
// Lines: lay the words out, group them by height, then wrap each group
const words = text.split(/\s+/).map((word) => {
const span = document.createElement('span');
span.textContent = word;
root.append(span, ' ');
return span;
});
const lines = [];
words.forEach((word) => {
const top = word.offsetTop;
const line = lines.at(-1);
if (line && Math.abs(line.top - top) < 4) line.words.push(word.textContent);
else lines.push({ top, words: [word.textContent] });
});
root.textContent = '';
lines.forEach((line, i) => {
const outer = document.createElement('span');
outer.className = 'kodza-text-reveal__line';
const inner = document.createElement('span');
inner.className = 'kodza-text-reveal__piece';
inner.textContent = line.words.join(' ');
inner.style.setProperty('--i', i);
outer.append(inner);
root.append(outer);
});
return lines.length;
}
// One instance. Everything it starts is tied to `signal`, so kodza:destroy stops it all
function mount(root, signal) {
const text = root.textContent.trim().replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
const mode = root.dataset.split || 'lines';
const style = getComputedStyle(root);
const duration = parseFloat(style.getPropertyValue('--kz-text-reveal-duration')) * 1000 || 900;
const stagger = parseFloat(style.getPropertyValue('--kz-text-reveal-stagger')) || 90;
let timer;
const play = () => {
if (reduceMotion) return;
clearTimeout(timer);
root.classList.remove('is-playing', 'is-revealed');
root.setAttribute('aria-label', text);
const count = split(root, text, mode);
void root.offsetWidth; // restart the animation, even on a replay
root.classList.add('is-playing');
timer = setTimeout(() => {
root.classList.remove('is-playing');
root.classList.add('is-revealed');
root.removeAttribute('aria-label');
root.textContent = text;
}, duration + stagger * count + 50);
};
root.classList.add('is-ready');
if (reduceMotion) return;
// Hidden until it plays (the pieces are only created then, so wrap the text in one)
split(root, text, 'words');
const observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
if (!entries[0].isIntersecting) return;
observer.disconnect();
document.fonts.ready.then(() => !signal.aborted && play());
}, { threshold: 0.4 });
observer.observe(root);
root.addEventListener('kodza:replay', play, { signal });
// A reveal still playing would put its plain text back into the restored markup
signal.addEventListener('abort', () => {
observer.disconnect();
clearTimeout(timer);
});
}
// Kodza lifecycle, the same in every component: `kodza:init` starts the instances inside
// event.detail.root (the whole page by default), `kodza:destroy` stops them and puts their
// markup back. For themes and apps that swap content without a page load.
const instances = new WeakMap();
const find = (scope = document) => [scope, ...scope.querySelectorAll(SELECTOR)].filter((el) => el.matches?.(SELECTOR));
const init = (scope) => find(scope).forEach((root) => {
if (root.classList.contains('is-ready')) return; // already running, maybe from another copy of this script
const controller = new AbortController();
instances.set(root, { controller, html: root.innerHTML, attrs: [...root.attributes].map((a) => [a.name, a.value]) });
mount(root, controller.signal);
root.classList.add('is-ready');
});
const destroy = (scope) => find(scope).forEach((root) => {
const instance = instances.get(root);
if (!instance) return;
instances.delete(root);
instance.controller.abort();
[...root.attributes].forEach((a) => root.removeAttribute(a.name));
instance.attrs.forEach(([name, value]) => root.setAttribute(name, value));
root.innerHTML = instance.html;
});
document.addEventListener('kodza:init', (event) => init(event.detail?.root));
document.addEventListener('kodza:destroy', (event) => destroy(event.detail?.root));
init();
// Loaded in <head>, the script runs before the markup exists: once more when it is parsed
if (document.readyState === 'loading') document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => init(), { once: true });
})();
'use client';
// Kodza — Text Reveal, for React. From https://kodza.dev/components/text-split-scroll-reveal/
// Kodza License: free to use, client work included. Not to resell or redistribute, ported or not: https://kodza.dev/docs/#print-license
// Next to this file: text-split-scroll-reveal.css and text-split-scroll-reveal.js, the component's CSS and JS from Kodza, as they are.
// Yours to edit: the markup is plain JSX below.
// The script changes this markup once React has rendered it (it adds layers, splits text, moves
// nodes), so React must not patch it afterwards. When a prop changes, the key gives React a fresh
// element: kodza:destroy stops the script on the old one, kodza:init starts it on the new one.
import { useRef, useEffect, type ComponentPropsWithoutRef, type ComponentRef, type CSSProperties } from 'react';
import './text-split-scroll-reveal.css';
export type TextRevealProps = Omit<ComponentPropsWithoutRef<'h2'>, "children" | "vars" | "split"> & {
/** data-split on the root */
split?: "words" | "chars";
/** Settings, as CSS variables on the root */
vars?: {
/** default: 0.9s */
"--kz-text-reveal-duration"?: string | number;
/** default: 90ms */
"--kz-text-reveal-stagger"?: string | number;
/** default: cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) */
"--kz-text-reveal-ease"?: string | number;
};
/** The text, plain: the script reads it and rebuilds the markup around it */
children?: string;
className?: string;
};
export function TextReveal({ split, vars, children = "Copy, paste, and go home early.", className, style, ...rest }: TextRevealProps) {
const ref = useRef<ComponentRef<'h2'>>(null);
const classes = ["kodza-text-reveal", className].filter(Boolean).join(' ');
// Everything the markup is made of: when it changes, React gets a fresh element (see the top)
const key = JSON.stringify([classes, split, vars, children, style, rest]);
// Starts the script on this element once React has rendered it, stops it when it goes
useEffect(() => {
const root = ref.current;
let live = true;
// @ts-ignore: a plain script, no types to find
import('./text-split-scroll-reveal.js').then(() => {
if (live) document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('kodza:init', { detail: { root } }));
});
return () => {
live = false;
document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('kodza:destroy', { detail: { root } }));
};
}, [key]);
return (
<h2 key={key} {...rest} className={classes} data-split={split} style={{ ...vars, ...style } as CSSProperties} ref={ref}>{children}</h2>
);
}
Checked
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