Decode

Random glyphs cycle under every letter until each one locks into the real text.

enhancer
entrance
hover
scramble
since 0.2

Background Studio: tune it below, then copy the code

Your system asks for reduced motion: the demo shows its final state and nothing moves.

Live demo

Decode example

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Code

It follows the controls above: change an option and the code changes with it.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/axi0/motion/motion.css?v=6">
<script src="/axi0/motion/motion.js?v=10" defer></script>

<p class="demo-big" data-motion="decode">Access granted. Welcome back.</p>

import { Decode } from "./motion/react/Decode";

<Decode>Your content</Decode>

<script setup lang="ts">
import Decode from "./motion/vue/Decode.vue";
</script>

<template>
  <Decode>Your content</Decode>
</template>

const el = document.querySelector("#title");
el.dataset.motion = "decode";

The wrappers: Decode.tsx (React, TypeScript) and Decode.vue (Vue). Both render the same attributes as the HTML; the loader does the rest.

Options

Attribute	Default	What it does
`data-motion-trigger`	`both`	Plays on
`data-motion-order`	`start`	Letters lock from
`data-motion-duration`	`1100`	Time until every letter locks
`data-motion-speed`	`40`	Time between glyph changes
`data-motion-glyphs`	`mixed`	Glyph set
`data-motion-color`	`#f6a04d`	Glyph color

Screen readers hear the real text once (an aria-label on headings, links and buttons, a hidden copy elsewhere) and the moving letters are aria-hidden. Each letter keeps its measured width while it shows a glyph, so nothing around it moves. Text already on screen at load waits for a hover or a replay; reduced motion shows the plain text. The frame loop stops off screen and in hidden tabs.

Size

decode.js is 1.1 KB gzip, with text-kit.js 2.6 KB it needs. A page loads the loader (2.7 KB) and core.js (1.4 KB) once, whatever it uses.