Top Gifter
The Top Gifter menu holds several gift-related overlays: a history of incoming gifts, a running text with the gifter ranking, and the Leaderboard, which has its own page.
Before you start
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Gift History
Shows gifts as they arrive, one at a time.
Open the Top Gifter menu in the dashboard, find the Install Overlay in OBS / TikTok Live Studio card, and copy the overlay link. Paste it as a Browser Source in OBS, or add it through Add Source → Link in TikTok Live Studio, at 1920 × 1080.
Use the Customize button on the same card to change how this overlay looks.
Never installed an overlay before? Read Installing Overlays in OBS & TikTok Live Studio first. It walks through each step.
Settings under the Customize button:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Select Font, Font Size | Typography |
| Line Spacing, Letter Spacing | Text density |
| Font Color, Background Color | Text and background colors |
| Animation | How new gifts appear |
| Disappear after | How long an entry stays |
| Minimum coins | Gifts below this value are not shown |
| Minimalist | Compact layout |
| Profile Photo | Shows the sender's profile photo |
| Show coins | Shows the coin amount |
| Additional Text | Extra text next to each entry |
When small gifts keep pouring in, the overlay fills up and the big gifts get buried. Raise Minimum coins so the overlay only shows gifts worth highlighting.
Top Gifter | Running Text
A running text (marquee) with the gifter ranking. It has more settings than any other overlay, split across four tabs.
The dashboard says: "Maximum 10. Gifter data is not sent beyond that." Entering a bigger number won't show an 11th gifter.
Motion tab
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Speed | How fast the text moves |
| Gap Between Repeats | Space between copies of the text |
| Scroll Direction | To the left or To the right |
| When Text Is Shorter Than the Screen | Keep scrolling or Stay still if it fits |
Above the preview there's a measurement line such as ≈120 px/second · strip 800px · 6 s/cycle · 3 copies. Use it to set a comfortable reading speed instead of guessing numbers.
Early in the live, with only two or three gifters, text that keeps moving even though it fits on screen is harder to read. Stay still if it fits keeps it still until the content is long enough.
Bar Style tab
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Transparent (OBS) | Removes the bar background |
| Bar Height | Automatic or Fixed |
| Height | The height value when you pick Fixed |
| Horizontal Padding, Vertical Padding | Space between the content and the bar edges |
| Corner Radius | How rounded the corners are |
| Edge Fade | Text fades out at the left and right edges instead of being cut off sharply |
Text tab
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Font Weight, Italic, Uppercase | Letter style |
| Outline Width, Outline Color | Text outline |
| Text Shadow, Shadow Color, Shadow Blur | Shadow |
| Shadow Offset X / Y | Direction the shadow falls |
Running text usually sits on top of gameplay. Without an outline or shadow, the text disappears whenever the background behind it is bright.
Content & Separator tab
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Separator Between Gifters | Line, Dot, Dash, Slash, No separator, or Custom |
| Custom Separator | Your own separator text, if you picked Custom |
| Show Rank Number | Shows the ranking order |
| Coin Format | How the coin amount is written |
| Additional Text Position | In front, Behind, Front & behind, Alternating, or Hide |
Coin Format uses the {coin} marker as the spot for the number. Example from the dashboard:
({coin} Coin)
Common problems
Symptom: the running text is empty. Nobody has sent a gift this session yet, or Minimum coins in Gift History is set so high that nothing gets recorded.
Symptom: the 11th gifter and beyond don't appear. That's a system limit, not a settings mistake. The maximum is 10.
Symptom: the running text preview doesn't show. The message reads: "Preview is not available yet. You can still change and save the settings." Your settings are still saved.
Symptom: the bar has a black background but you want it transparent. Turn on Transparent (OBS) in the Bar Style tab.
See also
- Top Gifter Leaderboard
- Like Leaderboard, for rankings based on likes