A React component to use CSS animations to swap letters in 2 words which are an anagram of each other

React Anagram Animation

A React component to use CSS animations to swap letters in 2 words which are an anagram of each other.

The text is animated in position after calculating initial and final positions of each letter.

Install

yarn add react-anagram-animation

Usage

import React from 'react';
import Anagram from 'react-anagram-animation';

export default function MyComponent() {
    return (
        <Anagram words={['React Anagram Animation', 'Magenta Raincoat Airman']} />
    );
}

To control the animation speed and timing, you can pass an object of animationOptions.

<Anagram animationOptions={{
    waitToStart: 5000,
    randomStartMin: 0,
    randomStartMax: 0,
    randomReverseMin: 6000,
    randomReverseMax: 6000,
    loopAnimation: 20000,
}} />

If you are using an embedded font and need to wait for it to load before animating, then you should specify the font family name and/or other font specifics.

<Anagram family="Open Sans" />

<Anagram family="Roboto" weight="600" style="italic" stretch="expanded" />

API

Props

Prop	Type	Default	Description
words	array	['React Anagram Animation', 'Magenta Raincoat Airman']	An array containing exactly 2 words which are an anagram of each other.
animationOptions	object	AnimationOptions	Timing options for when to start, how fast to animate forwards, backwards, and when to loop (optional).
fontToObserve	object	FontToObserve	A description of an embedded font to observe and wait until loaded. If not specified, animation will loaded immediately (optional).

AnimationOptions

Property	Type	Default	Description
randomStartMin	number	0	The minimum amount of time to randomly wait before starting to animate each letter
randomStartMax	number	3000	The maximum amount of time to randomly wait before starting to animate each letter
randomReverseMin	number	6000	The minimum amount of time to randomly wait before starting to animate each letter in reverse
randomReverseMax	number	9000	The maximum amount of time to randomly wait before starting to animate each letter in reverse
loopAnimation	number	12000	The amount of time for each full loop of the animation
waitToStart	number	0	The amount of time to wait before beginning the animation on start up

FontToObserve

This object is passed along to Font Face Observer

Property	Type	Description
family	string	The font-family: Roboto, Inter, Open Sans, etc
weight	string or number	The font-weight: normal, bold, 800, etc
style	string	The font-style: normal, italic, oblique
stretch	string	The font stretch: normal, condensed, expanded, etc

Styling

You can use the CSS transition property to adjust the speed and duration of the animation completely. Can you find a neat transition animation? Please share! :)

.anagram-swap .word .letter {
    transition: all, 2s, cubic-bezier(0.1, 0.7, 1.0, 0.1), 2s;
}

Run Locally

To run demo locally:

yarn
yarn start

and a browser will open to the demo.

Future Ideas

Animate between more than 2 words.
Animate non-anagram words.
Supply different animation easing.

License

WTFPL