Text select

Selecting text: a paragraph on a card, an I-beam drags across a phrase as the highlight grows word by word, lets go, and a small toolbar pops over the selection with one action pressed.

cursors/text-select
Cursors
callout
Overlay with alpha
5 s (3–20 s)

Text select at 16:9 — Playing live with volito/browser, the engine a render uses. Each tab lays the item out again for that shape, not a crop. The graphic is transparent; the grey stands in for your footage.

Render it

npx volito render cursors/text-select --prop select="every caption arrives on the word" --out text-select.mov

That writes ProRes 4444 with alpha, ready to drop over footage. The same item in another shape, brand or format:

volito render cursors/text-select --aspect 9:16 --style cobalt --out text-select-9x16.mov
volito render cursors/text-select --format mp4 --out text-select.mp4
volito still cursors/text-select --t 2.5 --out text-select.png
volito info cursors/text-select     # every prop and part
volito add cursors/text-select      # copy its source into ./motion to edit

From Node:

import { findItem, renderVideo } from "volito";

await renderVideo(findItem("cursors/text-select"), { props: { select: "every caption arrives on the word" }, out: "text-select.mov" });

Or ask an agent with the MCP server connected: “Render the Volito text select (cursors/text-select) in 9:16, in our brand.”

Props

Set each with --prop name=value, or all at once with --props and a JSON object.

Prop	Type	Default	Takes
`text` Paragraph	longtext	The best edits feel invisible. Every cut lands on purpose, every caption arrives on the word, and the story never waits for the tools.	≤ 260 chars
`select` Phrase to select	text	every caption arrives on the word	≤ 80 chars
`actions` Toolbar	list	Copy; Highlight; Comment	—
`press` Pressed button	number	2	1 – 4

Parts

Each part takes any move, ease or idle: --motion card.in=pop.

Part	What it is
`card`	the paragraph card
`toolbar`	the toolbar
`cursor`	the cursor

Tags: select, text, highlight, toolbar, docs

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