typeglide

A smooth typewriter text effect library for Python. Works with tkinter too!

This library is made by Daksh Sharma who is easily known as Dakshu.

Installation

pip install typeglide

Functions

typeglide.write(text, delay, end)

Prints text to the terminal character by character.

import typeglide
typeglide.write("Hello World", delay=0.05)

typeglide.erase(text, delay)

Erases text character by character using backspaces.

import typeglide
typeglide.write("Hello!", delay=0.05, end="")
typeglide.erase("Hello!", delay=0.05)

typeglide.save(text, delay, end)

Saves text and settings into a reusable Glide object.

import typeglide
glide = typeglide.save("Hello World", delay=0.05)

Glide Object Methods

print(glide) — animate in terminal

import typeglide
glide = typeglide.save("Hello World", delay=0.05)
print(glide)

glide.erase() — erase from terminal

glide.erase()

glide.type_and_erase(pause) — type then erase

glide.type_and_erase(pause=1)  # types it out, waits 1s, then erases it

glide.animate_widget(widget) — animate into a tkinter widget

glide.animate_widget(label)
glide.animate_widget(button)

glide.erase_widget(widget) — erase from a tkinter widget

glide.erase_widget(label)

glide.text — get the raw text (for static use)

button.config(text=glide.text)

How to use it?

Simple terminal example:

import typeglide

glide = typeglide.save("Hello World", delay=0.05)  # Save The Text
print(glide)  # Print The Animated text

Tkinter example 🐱

import typeglide
import tkinter as tk

glide = typeglide.save("Hello World", delay=0.05)

def do():
    glide.animate_widget(label)

root = tk.Tk()
label = tk.Label(text="hi")
label.pack()
button = tk.Button(text="press", command=do)
button.pack()
root.mainloop()

For support

Youtube :- https://youtube.com/@typeglide?si=hPYynPIiXVdLKKKT

Github Username

Github username is: DakshuOnHair github link: https://github.com/DakshuOnHair/Typeglide