# Slight problem with Timer() function

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slight-problem-with-timer-function/252757>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 23, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slight-problem-with-timer-function/252757 "2008-02-23T04:13:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![kneural](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/50afbb/32.png) [@kneural](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kneural)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/slight-problem-with-timer-function/252757/1 "2008-02-23T04:13:26Z")

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Hi, im wondering if any1 of u knows how to go about this. I just made a simple function with the Timer() class to “Type” out a paragraph of text (just like a type writer, im sure many of you guys have seen these around)

When i fireup my swf. The animation runs rather smoothly when my mouse is not moving. However, when i move my mouse as the words gets typed out. The animation stops/starts running insanely slow. So in short. if i play the typewriter animation and move my mouse at the same time. The text gets really really Jammy, almost doesnt type out until i stop moving my mouse agian.

Is there a work around for this?