# Drop & Settle (`.sds-drop-settle`)

Per-char staggered fall from above. Text animation in SDS Motion Forge v5.0.0. It plays once as soon as the class is applied.

- Page: https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/drop-settle/
- Category: Text (https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/categories/text/)
- Animated properties: opacity, transform
- Compositor-only: yes
- Needs child elements: no
- Needs per-character spans: yes
- JavaScript: none required

## Use it

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

<h1 class="sds-drop-settle"><span class="sds-char" style="--i:0">D</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:1">r</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:2">o</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:3">p</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:4">&nbsp;</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:5">&</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:6">&nbsp;</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:7">S</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:8">e</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:9">t</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:10">t</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:11">l</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:12">e</span></h1>
```

## How it works

Plays once, as soon as the class is applied. It animates opacity and movement and scale (transform) — compositor-only, so it never causes page reflow. `--sds-ease-spring` controls the feel — override either on the element or :root (the sds-fast/sds-slow modifier classes do exactly that). Each character needs its own .sds-char span with a --i index (shown in the markup) — the stagger is calc'd from --i.

## Related

- [Bounce Drop In](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/bounce-drop-in/)
- [Drop Bounce](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/drop-bounce/)
- [Gravity Drop](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/gravity-drop/)
- [Velvet Drop](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/velvet-drop/)
- [Weight Drop](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/weight-drop/)
- [Depth Warp](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/depth-warp/)
- [Door Open](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/door-open/)
- [Echo Out](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/echo-out/)