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consoleText(['Free, open source', 'Console Typing', 'Text Effect'], 'text-output', ['violet', 'yellow', 'orange']);

function consoleText(words, id, colors) {
  if (colors === undefined) colors = ['#fff'];
  var visible = true;
  var con = document.getElementById('console-output-underscore');
  var letterCount = 1;
  var x = 1;
  var waiting = false;
  var target = document.getElementById(id);
  target.setAttribute('style', 'color:' + colors[0]);
  window.setInterval(function () {
    if (letterCount === 0 && waiting === false) {
      waiting = true;
      target.innerHTML = words[0].substring(0, letterCount);
      window.setTimeout(function () {
        var usedColor = colors.shift();
        colors.push(usedColor);
        var usedWord = words.shift();
        words.push(usedWord);
        x = 1;
        target.setAttribute('style', 'color:' + colors[0]);
        letterCount += x;
        waiting = false;
      }, 1000);
    } else if (letterCount === words[0].length + 1 && waiting === false) {
      waiting = true;
      window.setTimeout(function () {
        x = -1;
        letterCount += x;
        waiting = false;
      }, 1000);
    } else if (waiting === false) {
      target.innerHTML = words[0].substring(0, letterCount);
      letterCount += x;
    }
  }, 120);
  window.setInterval(function () {
    if (visible === true) {
      con.className = 'console-output-underscore hidden';
      visible = false;
    } else {
      con.className = 'console-output-underscore';
      visible = true;
    }
  }, 400);
}

Console Typing Text Effect

This text effect makes it look like the texts are being typed and displayed on a console. You can define what texts to display in a loop and their corresponding colors by changing line 1 of JavaScript.

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