Text: scramble
A line of type whose letters run through other letters and settle from left to right when it is seen, like a departure board. Hovering it, or tapping it on a phone, runs it again. Needs the EtchPress Runtime; without it the line is plain.
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Before you copy
This is a showpiece. It pastes into Etch like any other item and it is complete without anything else, but its motion comes from the EtchPress runtime: a small script that loads only on the pages that use a showpiece.
Etch for WordPress: download the EtchPress Runtime plugin from Downloads in your account, install it and activate it. Paste your licence key under Settings, EtchPress Runtime, and it updates from the Plugins screen like any other plugin.
Etch Studio: download the EtchPress runtime files from Downloads in your account, unzip them and drop them into your project's Asset Manager, then paste the item. Studio ships the files it needs with your site.
What you can build with it
An eyebrow or a short claim on a technical product's page. A number or a code that should feel computed. Section labels on a studio site. A status line that deserves a second look.
Props
text (text); level (select: h2, h1, h3, p); font (select: monospace, the heading font); speed (select: medium, slow, fast)
States shown
At rest the text is itself. Seen for the first time: each letter cycles and settles in turn. Hover, or a tap on touch: again. Screen readers get the sentence once. Reduced motion and no runtime: plain text.
How to change it
Content and options are 4 props in the component's settings panel. Colour, type, spacing and radius follow your Automatic.css settings, so a change to the site's palette or scale changes this too. For anything else, edit the classes in the Style Manager, starting with .scramble. Its behaviour is a small script that travels with the component; no plugin and nothing to install.
ACSS tokens used
h1 to h3 and text sizes from the element; –ep-font-mono with a fallback for the monospace setting.
ACSS requirements
ACSS 4 defaults. Needs the EtchPress Runtime, 0.5.0 or later: the EtchPress Runtime plugin on WordPress, or the runtime's files dropped into the project's Asset Manager in Etch Studio. Without it you get the still version.
Version history
Version 1.0.0, October 1, 2026: First release, with the EtchPress Runtime 0.5.0.
Tested with
Etch 1.6.7 and ACSS 4.0.1. Version 1.0.0.
Needs the EtchPress runtime
The plugin on WordPress, or the runtime's files in Etch Studio. Without it you get the still version.
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