Wipe Rotating Text
A thin bar sweeps across the word slot, wiping the old word away and drawing the new one in behind it, like a video wipe transition. Both words and the bar share one clip-path easing curve.
Also known as: clip path word swap, wipe transition text, text slider wipe.
Launch
faster
today
anywhere
HTML
<div class="txt-wipe-rotating-text">Launch
<span class="txt-wipe-rotating-text-words">
<span style="--i: 0">faster</span>
<span style="--i: 1">today</span>
<span style="--i: 2">anywhere</span>
<i class="txt-wipe-rotating-text-edge" aria-hidden="true"></i>
</span>
</div>CSS
.txt-wipe-rotating-text {
--c: var(--txt-color, #3b82f6);
font-size: var(--txt-size, 32px);
font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
font-weight: 700;
line-height: 1.2;
display: flex;
align-items: baseline;
gap: 0.28em;
white-space: nowrap;}
.txt-wipe-rotating-text-words {
position: relative;
display: inline-grid;
color: var(--c);
}
.txt-wipe-rotating-text-words span {
grid-area: 1 / 1;
/* 3 words x 2.2s = 6.6s */
animation: txt-wipe-rotating-text-wipe 6.6s cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1) infinite;
animation-delay: calc(var(--i) * 2.2s - 6.6s);
}
.txt-wipe-rotating-text-words span:not(:first-child) {
clip-path: inset(0 100% 0 0);
}
/* the edge layer is as wide as the slot, so translateX(100%) crosses it exactly */
.txt-wipe-rotating-text-edge {
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
opacity: 0;
animation: txt-wipe-rotating-text-edge 2.2s cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1) infinite;
}
.txt-wipe-rotating-text-edge::before {
content: "";
position: absolute;
left: -0.04em;
top: 0.06em;
bottom: 0.06em;
width: 0.08em;
border-radius: 0.04em;
background: currentColor;
}
@keyframes txt-wipe-rotating-text-wipe {
0%, 24.24% { clip-path: inset(0 0 0 0); }
33.33% { clip-path: inset(0 0 0 100%); }
90.91% { clip-path: inset(0 100% 0 0); }
100% { clip-path: inset(0 0 0 0); }
}
@keyframes txt-wipe-rotating-text-edge {
0%, 72.68% { transform: translateX(0); opacity: 0; }
72.73% { transform: translateX(0); opacity: 1; }
88% { opacity: 1; }
100% { transform: translateX(100%); opacity: 0; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
.txt-wipe-rotating-text, .txt-wipe-rotating-text *, .txt-wipe-rotating-text::before, .txt-wipe-rotating-text::after, .txt-wipe-rotating-text *::before, .txt-wipe-rotating-text *::after {
animation-duration: 0.01ms !important;
animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
transition-duration: 0.01ms !important;
}
}Customizing this snippet
- Color: set
--txt-coloron the element or a parent. Currently previewing#3b82f6. - Font size: set
--txt-size. Every other dimension is inem, so the whole thing scales together. Currently previewing40px. - Speed: change the duration on the
transitionoranimationshorthand. Staggered delays are relative, so they keep their rhythm. - Reduced motion: the rule at the end of the CSS turns the motion off for people who asked their OS for less of it. Keep it.