# Change Text during Animation

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-text-during-animation/12466
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 7, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-text-during-animation/12466 "2023-07-07T08:23:09Z")
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### Author: ![HiAeroCycling](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/67e7ee/32.png) [@HiAeroCycling](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/HiAeroCycling)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-text-during-animation/12466/1 "2023-07-07T08:23:09Z")

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Hi. I’m creating animations and would like to change the text itself of a Text Source.

Tried using “aaa”, ‘AAA’, [AAA], etc. No success. Any help would be very welcome.

Thanks!

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 10:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-text-during-animation/12466/2 "2023-07-07T10:00:13Z")

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> [@HiAeroCycling](#):
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> I’m creating animations and would like to change the text itself of a Text Source.

You want to change the text over time, is that correct ?

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### Author: ![HiAeroCycling](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/67e7ee/32.png) [@HiAeroCycling](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/HiAeroCycling)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-text-during-animation/12466/3 "2023-07-07T12:28:41Z")

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Hi Mathieu,  
Indeed, I want to change the text over time.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-text-during-animation/12466/4 "2023-07-07T12:30:23Z")

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you can try AnnotateTime

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### Author: ![HiAeroCycling](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/67e7ee/32.png) [@HiAeroCycling](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/HiAeroCycling)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-text-during-animation/12466/5 "2023-07-07T12:38:10Z")

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Forgot to mention I’m using the GUI.  
Attached two screenshot. So question is how to enter text here that will change over time.

 ![2023-07-07 14_34_42-Animation Keyframes](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/27d317e69be64e932869cdbfd4b10dfc909a0906.jpeg)  
 ![2023-07-07 14_33_46-ParaView 5.11.0-RC1](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/7/705a55a596fc001b2b8aaebe361a0c76e3ccd7ed.jpeg)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-text-during-animation/12466/6 "2023-07-07T12:39:36Z")

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Text is not animatable like that, you can use python annotation or programmable filter to implement your own logic.

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### Author: ![HiAeroCycling](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/67e7ee/32.png) [@HiAeroCycling](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/HiAeroCycling)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-text-during-animation/12466/7 "2023-07-07T12:55:44Z")

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Thanks for the clarification.  
I was just confused by the three options you get when modifying the Text Source: “Text”, “Visibility”, “Opacity” (see screenshot). So I wonder what “Text” is doing (nothing?).

![2023-07-07 14_44_10-ParaView 5.11.0-RC1](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a436472360a11d7a485f0e891292485416377219.jpeg)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-text-during-animation/12466/8 "2023-07-07T12:57:39Z")

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I’m afraid this is automaticallly generated and non-fonctionnal

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### Author: ![HiAeroCycling](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/67e7ee/32.png) [@HiAeroCycling](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/HiAeroCycling)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-text-during-animation/12466/9 "2023-07-07T14:57:02Z")

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Thanks Mathieu.