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Jitter Text
 
Description
A java applet effect that animates text with movement and color.

Properties
Property Description
Width The width of the applet in pixels.
Height The height of the applet in pixels.
Background Color The color of the background for the applet.
Text Color The color that the text messages in the applet will appear as. This property will only be applied if the Random Color property is set to False.
Message The text message that the applet will display and animate.
Delay The amount of time in milleseconds that occurs in between text movements. The smaller the value the faster the text movements will occur.
Random Color The applet will randomly cycle through the gamut of colors for each character in the message if this property is set to True.
Insertion Point The character position within the current document where the applet code will be inserted into and hence appear within the browser. You must enter an Insert Point before viewing the applet within the current document.

Browser Compatibility
Navigator 3 IE 3 Navigator 4++ IE 4++
compatible compatible compatible compatible

Aditional Information
When uploading a document that contains this applet be sure to include the following class file(s) in the same directory as the HTML document...

  • JitterText.class

Troubleshooting

  • If the applet does not display properly or does not display at all then check to make sure that the applet code is inserted into the proper position within the document and that the tagging structure (ie broken tags) is correct
  • If the applet displayed locally but not when you upoaded it to a server then make sure that all class files were uploaded (listed above under Additional Information) and that their names were correctly maintained during the transer (class files names are case sensitive)

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