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Inside this article we will see how create Typing effect on text using javascript. Concept is too much simple to use as well as to understand. No need to use third party jquery plugin any more.

This Tutorial contains classified information about Creating Text effect as a typewriter typing effect. There are several plugins of jquery available which do the same effect on text. But if we can do using javascript in simple steps, So why we load any extra plugin files to page.

Animating text into a typewriter typing effect is a creative effect when we implement this concept into a real time website. It increases it’s look and feel both.

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Create Typing Effect on Click Event

Here, we will create an application in HTML and using javascript which loads text into page seems to be typewriter effect. Using click event of a button we will start it’s typing animation.

Create a file typewriter.html in your localhost directory.

Open file and write this following code into it.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>Typing Effect on Text Using Javascript</title>
</head>

<body>

    <h4>Typing Effect on Text Using Javascript</h4>

    <button onclick="typeMyText()">Type Text</button>

    <p id="type-text"></p>

    <script>
        var i = 0;
        var txt = 'Welcome To Online Web Tutor Programming World.';
        var speed = 120;

        function typeMyText() {
            if (i < txt.length) {
                document.getElementById("type-text").innerHTML += txt.charAt(i);
                i++;
                setTimeout(typeMyText, speed);
            }
        }
    </script>

</body>

</html>

When you execute this application, it creates a button with label Type Text. When you click into it, it will load text in typing effect.

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Create Typing Effect on Page Load

Inside this we will create the same application i.e loading text into page into a typing effect. This time we load text on page load instead of any click event.

Create a file typewriter.html in your localhost directory.

Open file and write this following code into it.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>Typing Effect on Text Using Javascript</title>
</head>

<body>

    <h4>Typing Effect on Text Using Javascript</h4>

    <p id="type-text"></p>

    <script>
        var i = 0;
        var txt = 'Welcome To Online Web Tutor Programming World.';
        var speed = 120;

        typeMyText();

        function typeMyText() {
            if (i < txt.length) {
                document.getElementById("type-text").innerHTML += txt.charAt(i);
                i++;
                setTimeout(typeMyText, speed);
            }
        }
    </script>

</body>

</html>

When you execute this written code, it loads the content into page with typing effect on page load.

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