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Text Generate Effect

Progressive word-by-word text generation with blur-to-focus reveal for React applications.

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Words materialize one by one with a satisfying blur-to-focus animation, like text being generated in real-time. Each word starts invisible and blurred, then animates to full opacity and clarity with staggered timing. Uses Motion's useAnimate hook for imperative animation control with the stagger helper for automatic sequencing. Clean API—just pass your text string and watch it generate. Built with Motion for React. Perfect for AI chat interfaces, hero text reveals, or anywhere you want text that feels like it's being created before your eyes.

Install with AI

If you've connected the shadcn.io MCP server to Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP-ready AI editor, prompt your agent to install this text effect for you — no copy-paste, no CLI:

use shadcnio to install the text-generate-effect text effect into my project

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