# Making Text Move?

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/making-text-move/27053>\
**Category:** Website and Tools How-To\
**Tags:** csd-unit-3\
**Created:** [May 23, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/making-text-move/27053 "2019-05-23T15:39:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![wbunker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/wbunker/32/2581_2.png) [@wbunker](https://forum.code.org/u/wbunker)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/making-text-move/27053/1 "2019-05-23T15:39:07Z")

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A lot of my students are curious how they could make text move as we create and add onto the scenes they’ve created in Lessons 1-7. I use these same scenes with them as we move onto Lessons 8-12 as well.

Is this a possibility? How would it be done? Is it possible to save text as a variable to make it more “sprite-like”?

Thanks, in advance.

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**Author:** ![karenma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/karenma/32/4924_2.png) [@karenma](https://forum.code.org/u/karenma)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/making-text-move/27053/2 "2019-05-24T02:40:42Z")

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Hi Wendy,

Here is a link to one way to make the text move. [Unit 3: animation](https://forum.code.org/t/unit-3-animation/11603/3)

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**Author:** ![wbunker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/wbunker/32/2581_2.png) [@wbunker](https://forum.code.org/u/wbunker)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/making-text-move/27053/3 "2019-05-24T13:03:35Z")

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Thanks so much, Karen! I searched but couldn’t find any topics. I appreciate you taking the time to point me in the right direction!

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**Author:** ![jenkija](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c89c15/32.png) [@jenkija](https://forum.code.org/u/jenkija)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/making-text-move/27053/4 "2023-04-13T14:09:48Z")

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I am having a difficult time making the text go vertically. Do you have any hints how I might do this?

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**Author:** ![paul.rallion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/paul.rallion/32/7218_2.png) [@paul.rallion](https://forum.code.org/u/paul.rallion)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/making-text-move/27053/5 "2023-04-13T17:31:03Z")

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Yes! Try this:  
To make “text” move vertically, set a variable like: var Words = 0 (Do not use “text”).  
In The Draw Loop add this counter pattern: Words = Words + 1 (use -1 to make text go up)  
In the text command, replace the value of y with Words:  
text (“your moving text”, 50, Words);