Placeholder-Typewriter

Preview: https://bornasepic.me/placeholder-typewriter/

Pure JavaScript plugin for animating placeholders on input elements

How to use:

1. Include the typewriter.js script into your file before the tag.
2. Call the typewriter with the new Typewriter constructor function
3. Enjoy

API

Calling a new instance of the typewriter:

new TypeWriter('#zipcodeInput', ['Input Your Zip Code', 'eg. 93108'], {writeDelay: 200});

The new TypeWriter accepts three arguments

1. A querySelector to select the input field
2. An array of strings to be typed out in the selected input field
3. An options settings object to overwrite default settings

Settings

• writeDelay => Delay between each letter is written (default: 60ms)
  --expecting a number of miliseconds
• deleteDelay => Delay between each letter is removed (default: 40ms)
  --expecting a number of miliseconds
• holdOnceWritten => Delay once the current phrase has been fully displayed (default: 1000ms)
  --expecting a number of miliseconds
• holdOnceDeleted => Delay once the current phrase has been fully deleted (default: 1000ms)
  --expecting a number of miliseconds
• stopAfterOnce => Runs through the phrases only once, then leaves the first phrase as a static placeholder
  --expecting a boolean