> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: /llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Text Shimmer
> A static headline receives one clean specular gradient sweep through its glyphs, then returns to its ordinary text color.
# Text Shimmer
A static headline receives one clean specular gradient sweep through its glyphs, then returns to its ordinary text color.
**Text Shimmer**
```html text-shimmer.html
Text Shimmer
```
Copy npx hyperframes add text-shimmer to the clipboard
That writes one file: `compositions/components/text-shimmer.html`.
## Paste it into your composition
Open `compositions/components/text-shimmer.html` and copy what is inside into your own composition.
A component has no size or duration of its own. It takes both from the composition
you paste it into.
## Variables
Every one of these has a default, so the piece works untouched. Set the ones you
want to change on the element:
| Variable | Default | Accepts | What it does |
| - | - | - | - |
| `text` | `Effortless` | string | Text receiving the single shimmer pass. |
| `accent` | `green` | `green`, `blue`, `violet` | Hue of the specular shimmer band. |
| `sweep_at` | `1.2` | 0.2s to 2s, step 0.1s | Requested start time for the shimmer sweep. |
Set them with `data-variable-values` on the element that mounts it. These are the
defaults, so this behaves exactly like the preview above until you change one:
```html wrap
```
{/* hf:generated-footer */}
Tagged `motion-primitive` `text-effects` `shimmer` `specular` `emphasis`.
## Related topics
* [Browse the complete Catalog](/catalog.md)
* [Add assets and Catalog items in the browser editor](/studio/assets-and-blocks.md)
* [Put blocks together into one video](/concepts/compositions.md)