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Scroll word reveal
curatedfreemotion/text-scroll-word-reveal
An example of revealing text word by word across a scroll range with useScroll and useTransform in Motion for React.
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pnpm add motion # then adapt the free source from https://motion.dev/examples/react-text-scroll-word-revealnpm deps: motion
Our notes
Words light up as you scroll through a paragraph — the classic manifesto/hero statement reveal. Free example (motion is MIT); copy and adapt the source from the example page.- Source
- Motion (motion.dev)
- Kind
- transition
- Categories
- transition, text-effect, scroll-effect
- Use as
- recipe — technique you apply to your own markup
- Applies to
- text-effecthero
- Motion
- on scroll · medium · motion · low cost
- Tags
- motion, useScroll, useTransform
- Licence
- motion / motion/react / motion-v are MIT. Motion+ (premium components, example source, AI Kit pro tools) is paid — one-time Personal licence or per-seat Business.
- Live demo
- motion.dev
- Docs
- motion.dev
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