# Refraction Shimmer (`.sds-card-shimmer`)

Diagonal shimmer background cycles. Cards animation in SDS Motion Forge v5.0.0. It loops continuously as soon as the class is applied.

- Page: https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/card-shimmer/
- Category: Cards (https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/categories/cards/)
- Animated properties: background-position
- Compositor-only: no
- Needs child elements: no
- Needs per-character spans: no
- JavaScript: none required

## Use it

```html
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@salkomdesignstudio/sds-motion-forge/dist/categories/cards.min.css" />

<div class="sds-card-shimmer">Card</div>
```

## How it works

Plays as soon as the class is applied, looping continuously. It animates a gradient sweep. Timing is fixed for this effect, but you can still override animation-duration/timing-function on the element.

## Related

- [Rubber Band](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/card-rubber-band/)
- [Scan](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/card-scan/)
- [Shadow Lift](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/card-shadow-lift/)
- [Shuffle Deal](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/card-shuffle-deal/)
- [Shutter](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/card-shutter/)
- [Slice Up](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/card-slice/)