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Text Following Mouse

In a Nutshell: If you're on this page, you can already see what this free Javascript enables. A small snippet of text is following your mouse cursor as it moves around the page. Use this for its novelty factor (perhaps even as an April Fool's Day prank on your website), or to draw attention to a really important notification.

This particular Javascript snippet is provided by JavaScript Best Codes. Check them out.

Use it Yourself: First, you must use CSS to define the properties of the text that will float around the page. This code must be placed within your linked CSS file, or between some <style> tags within the <head> section of your HTML code. Copy and paste the code from below.

<style> #outerCircleText { color: #000; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; z-index: 3000; cursor: default; } #outerCircleText div { position: relative; } #outerCircleText div div { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; text-align: center; } </style>

Next, the following Javascript component must be placed within the <body> section of your HTML code. Notes scattered throughout the text will assist you in customising the code to your needs. Remember to change the var msg element to include whatever text string it is that you would like to have follow the user's mouse cursor around the screen.

<script> ; (function () { var msg = "javascript free code"; // Set font's style size for calculating dimensions // Set to number of desired pixels font size (decimal and negative numbers not allowed) var size = 14; // Set both to 1 for plain circle, set one of them to 2 for oval // Other numbers & decimals can have interesting effects, keep these low (0 to 3) var circleY = 1; var circleX = 1; // The larger this divisor, the smaller the spaces between letters // (decimals allowed, not negative numbers) var letter_spacing = 4; // The larger this multiplier, the bigger the circle/oval // (decimals allowed, not negative numbers, some rounding is applied) var diameter = 22; // Rotation speed, set it negative if you want it to spin clockwise (decimals allowed) var rotation = 0.2; // This is not the rotation speed, its the reaction speed, keep low! // Set this to 1 or a decimal less than one (decimals allowed, not negative numbers) var speed = 0.5; ////////////////////// Stop Editing ////////////////////// if (!window.addEventListener && !window.attachEvent || !document.createElement) return; msg = msg.split(''); var n = msg.length - 1, a = Math.round(size * diameter * 0.20), currStep = 20, ymouse = a * circleY + 20, xmouse = a * circleX + 20, y = [], x = [], Y = [], X = [], o = document.createElement('div'), oi = document.createElement('div'), b = document.compatMode && document.compatMode != "BackCompat" ? document.documentElement : document.body, mouse = function (e) { e = e || window.event; ymouse = !isNaN(e.pageY) ? e.pageY : e.clientY; // y-position xmouse = !isNaN(e.pageX) ? e.pageX : e.clientX; // x-position }, makecircle = function () { // rotation/positioning if (init.nopy) { o.style.top = (b || document.body).scrollTop + 'px'; o.style.left = (b || document.body).scrollLeft + 'px'; }; currStep -= rotation; for (var d, i = n; i > -1; --i) { // makes the circle d = document.getElementById('iemsg' + i).style; d.top = Math.round(y[i] + a * Math.sin((currStep + i) / letter_spacing) * circleY - 15) + 'px'; d.left = Math.round(x[i] + a * Math.cos((currStep + i) / letter_spacing) * circleX) + 'px'; }; }, drag = function () { // makes the resistance y[0] = Y[0] += (ymouse - Y[0]) * speed; x[0] = X[0] += (xmouse - 20 - X[0]) * speed; for (var i = n; i > 0; --i) { y[i] = Y[i] += (y[i - 1] - Y[i]) * speed; x[i] = X[i] += (x[i - 1] - X[i]) * speed; }; makecircle(); }, init = function () { // appends message divs, & sets initial values for positioning arrays if (!isNaN(window.pageYOffset)) { ymouse += window.pageYOffset; xmouse += window.pageXOffset; } else init.nopy = true; for (var d, i = n; i > -1; --i) { d = document.createElement('div'); d.id = 'iemsg' + i; d.style.height = d.style.width = a + 'px'; d.appendChild(document.createTextNode(msg[i])); oi.appendChild(d); y[i] = x[i] = Y[i] = X[i] = 0; }; o.appendChild(oi); document.body.appendChild(o); setInterval(drag, 25); }, ascroll = function () { ymouse += window.pageYOffset; xmouse += window.pageXOffset; window.removeEventListener('scroll', ascroll, false); }; o.id = 'outerCircleText'; o.style.fontSize = size + 'px'; if (window.addEventListener) { window.addEventListener('load', init, false); document.addEventListener('mouseover', mouse, false); document.addEventListener('mousemove', mouse, false); if (/Apple/.test(navigator.vendor)) window.addEventListener('scroll', ascroll, false); } else if (window.attachEvent) { window.attachEvent('onload', init); document.attachEvent('onmousemove', mouse); }; })(); </script> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.javascriptfreecode.com" style="font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none">Credit: JavaScript Best Codes</a>

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