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uilayouts-randomized-text-unveil

text-effectdark-futuristicmotion on file

A client-side React text effect that cycles through random symbols before revealing a supplied string. It ships as a shadcn registry item with a demo wrapper and a reusable UI file. The registry declares Motion packages, though the implementation itself uses React state, effects, callbacks, timers, and a few Tailwind utility classes.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of uilayouts-randomized-text-unveil at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of uilayouts-randomized-text-unveil at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of uilayouts-randomized-text-unveil at 1440 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 1440 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.

Measured

Every value below was written by the harness on the run that produced the frames above. None of it is derived from the prose.

Harness measurements recorded for uilayouts-randomized-text-unveil
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal17.7 KB (83.1 KB build, 65.4 KB baseline)
Bare modeOK
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

Verdict

A compact, understandable choice for short decorative reveals, but it needs accessibility and lifecycle hardening before broad product use. The unused declared animation dependencies also deserve removal. Best treated as a starting point for a hero accent, not a general text primitive.

Use it if

  • You need a one-time scramble reveal for a short hero heading or campaign title.
  • Your interface already supports client components and can accommodate a decorative text animation.
  • You want a small implementation that is easy to restyle or adapt after copying it into the project.

Skip it if

  • The text is essential content that should be immediately stable for reading or copying.
  • Your product requires reduced-motion behavior without adding it yourself.
  • The component will frequently unmount or receive new text, since its asynchronous animation has no cancellation cleanup.
  • You want spaces and punctuation preserved during the scramble rather than replaced with random symbols.

Install

Installation record for uilayouts-randomized-text-unveil
Declared dependenciesmotion, @motionone/utils
Missing on installnone
Bare installbuilds and mounts without the shadcn-style helpers
Providerno provider required in the harness

In a non-shadcn project, copy the reusable UI component, switch the demo's alias import to a path your bundler understands, and ensure client-side React hooks are supported. Add Tailwind or replace the utility classes with local CSS. The declared Motion packages are not referenced by this source and can be omitted unless your surrounding app needs them.

Source and credit

This page is a review, not a copy. The component source lives with its author and this site does not republish it. Read the license before you use anything.

Author repository

github.com/ui-layouts/uilayouts
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-14

Alternatives

Other published entries for the text-effect pattern, ordered by what they measured: mounts first, then clean axe scans, then bare-mode passes, then the smaller bundle.