How do I install Shuffle Text?

Shuffle Text is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/shuffle-text. It copies shuffle-text.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.

Is Shuffle Text free for commercial use?

Shuffle Text needs a Charcoal UI Pro seat, monthly or a one-time lifetime price. A seat covers unlimited personal and commercial projects, including client work, and every future Pro component.

Does Shuffle Text work with Next.js?

Yes. It is a client component for React 19 styled with Tailwind CSS 4, so it works in the Next.js App Router and Pages Router, Vite, Remix and Astro.

Can an AI coding agent install Shuffle Text?

Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Shuffle Text's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.

Shuffle Text

Letters slide vertically through a column of alternative glyphs before settling on their own, left to right. A slot reel rather than a scramble: every glyph is real and moves as a piece.

Category: Text
Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge

Examples

Shuffle Text

Press Replay, or hover the small line.

API reference

Prop	Type	Default	Description
`text`	`string`	—
`trigger`	`"mount" \| "hover"`	`"mount"`
`duration`	`number`	`0.6`	Seconds for one letter to slide through its column.
`stagger`	`number`	`0.04`	Seconds between letters.
`characters`	`string`	—	Glyph pool. Letters and digits by default.
`steps`	`number`	`5`	Glyphs each letter passes through.
`className`	`string`	—

About Shuffle Text

Shuffle Text slides each letter vertically through a column of alternative glyphs before it settles, left to right, like a slot reel. Every glyph is real and moves as a piece.

Shuffle Text is a text animation for React 19, styled with Tailwind CSS 4 and animated with Motion. It drops into Next.js, Vite, Remix or Astro through the shadcn CLI as a single file you own.

When to use Shuffle Text

Hover effects on links and buttons.
Revealing names and numbers.
Tech and fintech headlines.
Loading labels.

How it works

Each letter is a short reel translated to its final glyph on a spring. trigger switches between mount and hover. The real text stays in the DOM, so search engines index it and screen readers read it once, cleanly.

The real text stays in the page for screen readers and search engines; the animated letters are decorative copies marked aria-hidden. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.

Customizing Shuffle Text

Every prop is documented in the API reference above with its type and default. The ones you will reach for first are listed here.

The Customize panel next to the preview lets you change text, trigger, duration, stagger live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.

text (string).
trigger ("mount" | "hover", default "mount").
duration (number, default 0.6): Seconds for one letter to slide through its column.
stagger (number, default 0.04): Seconds between letters.
characters (string): Glyph pool. Letters and digits by default.
steps (number, default 5): Glyphs each letter passes through.

The example on this page

Shuffle Text: Press Replay, or hover the small line.

Goes well with Shuffle Text

These text pieces share its tokens and motion language, so they sit together on one page without clashing.

Scramble Text: React scramble text: characters cycle through glyphs before locking in
Rotating Text: React rotating text that rolls between words letter by letter and resizes smoothly
Highlight Text: React highlight text: a marker sweep, hand-drawn underline or scribbled circle on scroll
Text Morph: React text morph: shared letters glide to new spots while the rest blur in and out
Split Flap: A React split-flap display: every cell flips through the drum to its letter

Install Shuffle Text

npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/shuffle-text

Shuffle Text is part of Charcoal UI Pro. One seat unlocks all 300 Pro components, 107 landing-page sections and 100 full templates, for every personal and client project, with updates included. Add the @charcoal registry once with your access token, then the command above copies shuffle-text.tsx into components/ui and installs clsx, tailwind-merge.

You own the file you install: no runtime package, no lock-in, nothing to keep in sync. Change it however your product needs.

See Charcoal UI Pro pricing · Pro setup

Frequently asked questions

How do I install Shuffle Text?: Shuffle Text is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/shuffle-text. It copies shuffle-text.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
Is Shuffle Text free for commercial use?: Shuffle Text needs a Charcoal UI Pro seat, monthly or a one-time lifetime price. A seat covers unlimited personal and commercial projects, including client work, and every future Pro component.
Does Shuffle Text work with Next.js?: Yes. It is a client component for React 19 styled with Tailwind CSS 4, so it works in the Next.js App Router and Pages Router, Vite, Remix and Astro.
Can an AI coding agent install Shuffle Text?: Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Shuffle Text's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.

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