Main controls
Right-click the keyboard Apply button or the main sample to open every animation option. The compact cycling style and cursor buttons also open these options on right-click. Individual style and cursor chips do not. Close with the X, Escape, or a click outside.
With no existing Clickety layer selected, your choices are saved for the next apply. With Clickety layers selected, edits affect those layers. They do not replace the saved setup for new layers.
| Control | Default | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Keyboard button, Apply | Available when idle | Applies the displayed setup to selected, unlocked text layers. Ignores other layer types. |
| Style buttons | Type | Choose the reveal style. On existing Clickety layers, changes the style immediately. Clicking the current style replays the sample. |
| Speed, cps | 18 cps | Characters per second, from 1 to 120 in steps of 0.5. |
| Speed, sec | 2 sec when chosen | Total duration, from 0.1 to 60 seconds in steps of 0.1. Switching units uses that mode’s value rather than converting the current duration. |
| Cursor glyphs | Bar \| | Choose ∅ for off, \|, _, or █. |
| Jitter | 0% | Uneven timing from 0 to 100% in steps of 1. Preserves the total duration. |
| Blink | 1.00s | Cursor blink cycle from 0 to 4 seconds in steps of 0.05. Zero is Solid. |
| In point / At CTI | In point | Chooses the incoming start. See start timing. Disabled for Delete. |
| Stay / Type out | Stay | Leaves the text visible or reverses the reveal at the out point. Disabled for Delete, which always exits. |
| Remove in full options | Available when idle | Removes Clickety from the selected text layers. |
Styles
| Style | Result |
|---|---|
| Type | Characters appear one at a time. Spaces count toward timing; line breaks do not count as keystrokes. |
| Words | Whole words pop in. Words are separated by whitespace; longer words take longer to arrive. |
| Lines | Lines fade in and rise from below. The default rise is 24 px. Use explicit line breaks for predictable timing. |
| Fade | Characters fade in with a soft overlap. Three characters overlap by default. |
| Delete | Characters disappear backward, finishing one frame before the layer’s out point. |
The rise and overlap are set in Module settings.
The full options panel can shorten Words and Delete to Wor… and Dele…. Hover over a button to read its full style name and description.
Modifiers and value entry
| Gesture | Action |
|---|---|
| Cmd-click a style on Mac, Ctrl-click on Windows | Applies that style immediately to the selected text layers. In a compact cycling style button, applies the next style. |
| Alt/Option-click Apply or a style button | Removes Clickety from the selection. Alt/Option takes priority over Cmd/Ctrl. |
| Click or drag a value bar | Sets the value by its horizontal position. Release commits one adjustment. |
| Cmd-drag on Mac, Ctrl-drag on Windows | Adjusts a value more finely, relative to the current value. |
| Shift-drag Jitter or Blink | Uses coarser steps. Speed’s logarithmic bar does not add coarse snapping. |
| Double-click a value | Types an exact number. Enter or leaving the field saves; Escape cancels. |
| Alt/Option-click a value | Resets it to its default. |
| Right-click a value | Opens Type a value…, Reset to default, Copy value, and Paste value. Copy and paste share a numeric value between these controls, with destination limits applied. |
Selection and feedback
| State | Meaning |
|---|---|
| live in the full options | At least one selected layer has readable Clickety controls. Edits affect existing Clickety layers. |
| Ring on a style | That style is used by a selected Clickety layer. More than one style can be ringed. |
| Ring on the keyboard tile in a strip | The selection contains an existing Clickety layer. |
| Applied and a number badge | Apply succeeded. The number is the count of layers changed. |
| Clickety on N text layers | Success message. A skipped-layer note identifies the first problem and counts further skips. |
| Removed Clickety from N layers | Removal succeeded. |
| No comp, No text, Locked, Gone, Skipped, Nothing, or Not done | Short refusal badges. Use the troubleshooting reference for the cause and fix. |
| Temporarily inactive buttons | A host operation is running. Wait for it to finish. |
Messages appear beside the panel when the full options are closed. In the full options, feedback uses button badges.
Controls in After Effects
The layer has one Clickety text animator, with Clickety and Cursor selectors, and one Clickety effect. A cursor also adds a Source Text expression. These are the parts removed by Remove.
| Effect control | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Speed | Characters per second or total seconds, as chosen by Pace. |
| Pace | Chars per second or Total seconds. |
| Jitter | Timing unevenness as a percentage. |
| Cursor | Off, Bar, Underscore, or Block. Use the panel to enable a cursor if Clickety was applied with it off, so the Source Text expression is added too. |
| Blink | Seconds per full blink cycle; zero keeps the cursor solid. |
| Delay | Seconds relative to the in point before incoming typing begins. Defaults to 0. At CTI writes the difference between the playhead time and in point. Negative values start before the in point. |
Slot layouts
A larger slot shows all five styles, the sample, speed, cursor choices, and Apply. With enough width and height, it also shows Jitter, Blink, and start and exit toggles.
A short row keeps the controls on one line. As space shrinks, the style and cursor choices become cycling buttons. Right-click for every option.
The narrowest layout has two tiles. The keyboard applies the current setup. Cursor turns the remembered glyph off or on. Right-click either tile to reach all the controls.