SplitText issue on ios 18.3.1

[Studio North]

Has anyone come across any issues with SplitText on iOS 18.3.1?

 

On iPhone 16 Pro on iOS 18.3.1 the first line of text (paragraph split by lines) is narrowed and causing layout issues as can be seen in the image. The rest of the lines are OK.

 

iPhone 12 on iOS 18.1.1 is fine. Seems fine on Android.

 

We have removed the SplitText animation and the layout is fine.

 

This is the code but it's not really doing anything too complicated.

 

  var sshcopy = document.querySelector('.layout-stat_style');
  if ( sshcopy && loader.classList.contains("loaded") ) {
    document.fonts.ready.then(() => {
      var sshsubmenu = document.querySelector('.submenu');
      const ssshtl = gsap.timeline(),
        panelSplitText = new SplitText( sshcopy.querySelector(".h1"), { type: "lines" }), lines = panelSplitText.lines,
        panelSplitText2 = new SplitText( sshcopy.querySelector(".intro"), { type: "lines" }), plines = panelSplitText2.lines;
      ssshtl.from( sshcopy.querySelector(".is-style-eyebrow"), { delay: 0.5, duration: 0.5, autoAlpha: 0, y: 32, ease: "back" } )
        .from( lines, { duration: 0.5, autoAlpha: 0, y: 32, ease: "back", stagger: 0.2 }, ">-0.3" )
        .from( plines, { duration: 0.5, autoAlpha: 0, y: 16, ease: "back", stagger: 0.1 }, ">-0.3" );
      if ( sshsubmenu ) {
        ssshtl.from(sshsubmenu, { autoAlpha: 0, delay: 0.25, y: "+"+(sshsubmenu.getBoundingClientRect().height), duration: 0.5, })
      }
    });
  }

 

[GSAP Helper]

Without a minimal demo, it's very difficult to troubleshoot; the issue could be caused by CSS, markup, a third party library, a 3rd party script, etc. Would you please provide a very simple CodePen or Stackblitz that illustrates the issue? 

 

Please don't include your whole project. Just some colored <div> elements and the GSAP code is best. See if you can recreate the issue with as few dependencies as possible. Start minimal and then incrementally add code bit by bit until it breaks. Usually people solve their own issues during this process! If not, at least we have a reduced test case which greatly increases your chances of getting a relevant answer.

 

See the Pen aYYOdN by GreenSock (@GreenSock) on CodePen.

that loads all the plugins. Just click "fork" at the bottom right and make your minimal demo: 

 

Using a framework/library like React, Vue, Next, etc.? 

CodePen isn't always ideal for these tools, so here are some Stackblitz starter templates that you can fork and import the gsap-trial NPM package for using any of the bonus plugins: 

• React (please read this article!)
• Next
• Svelte
• Sveltekit
• Vue
• Nuxt

 

Please share the StackBlitz link directly to the file in question (where you've put the GSAP code) so we don't need to hunt through all the files. 

 

Once we see an isolated demo, we'll do our best to jump in and help with your GSAP-specific questions. ✅

[Rodrigo]

Hi,

 

If you're using a custom font, be sure that the font has been loaded and rendered properly before creating the SplitText instances:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/fonts#doing_operation_after_fonts_are_loaded

 

Happy Tweening!

[Studio North]

After much trial and error because it only happened on certain devices it turns out 

text-wrap: balance

was the issue