I want to figure out how to get the typewriter to loop infinitely with a subtle delay. Currently, it only triggers on page load.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>Typewriter</h1>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
var i = 0;
var txt = 'Lorem ipsum dummy text blabla.';
var speed = 50;
function typeWriter() {
if (i < txt.length) {
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML += txt.charAt(i);
i++;
setTimeout(typeWriter, speed);
}
}
window.onload = typeWriter;
</script>
</body>
</html>
Using setTimeout: reset the paragraph back to "" at the begging. When the length of the text is reached inside the loop, reset i to 0. To add a delay simply use a different speed if it's the last character.
But, it's better to use setInterval in your case instead, here is an example:
<h1>Typewriter</h1>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
var txt = 'Lorem ipsum dummy text blabla.';
var speed = 50;
var elem = document.getElementById('demo');
function typeWriter() {
var i = 0;
elem.textContent = "";
var interval = setInterval(function(){
elem.textContent += txt[i];
i++;
if (i === txt.length) {
clearInterval(interval);
setTimeout(typeWriter, 3000);
}
}, speed)
}
window.onload = typeWriter;
</script>As @Scott Marcus suggested in the comments, use textContent instead of innerHTML when you're only changing the text.