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Shimmer Wave Text

Shimmer Wave Text: A brightness wave sweeps once across a line of text, lighting each character in turn before it dims back, then pauses briefly and repeats.

Using Shimmer Wave Text

Shimmer Wave Text uses the inline preview frame with a light/dark theme setting.

Customize the preview

These controls are passed to the demo. Defaults and limits describe the preview; consult the implementation for its full prop API.

ControlTypeDefaultPreview limits
durationnumber1From 0.4 to 3; step 0.1
labeltextLoading resultsUp to 40 characters
pausedbooleanfalseNo additional limit in the metadata.
accentColorcolor#F5F6F8No additional limit in the metadata.
Which frameworks are available for Shimmer Wave Text?

Shimmer Wave Text is available for React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, HTML. The live preview uses React; the source observations below apply to index.tsx. Check the selected port before relying on the same interactions.

What does Shimmer Wave Text depend on?

The React metadata lists these npm dependencies beyond React: clsx, tailwind-merge.

What accessibility details are visible in Shimmer Wave Text?

The React source for Shimmer Wave Text includes: attributes and handlers (aria-hidden, aria-label). These are source observations. Verify accessible names, focus order and keyboard behavior in the composed page.

How does Shimmer Wave Text handle reduced motion?

The source scan found no direct useReducedMotion() or matchMedia preference read in Shimmer Wave Text's index.tsx. Check the full implementation, shared styles and selected port with reduced motion enabled; these observations do not establish that every animation stops.

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