# Placeholder Fade Steps (`.sds-input-ph-fade-steps`)

On focus the placeholder vanishes in three stepped after-images, like type lifting off. Inputs 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/input-ph-fade-steps/
- Category: Inputs (https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/categories/inputs/)
- Animated properties: opacity
- Compositor-only: yes
- 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/inputs.min.css" />

<input class="sds-input-ph-fade-steps" placeholder="Type here" />
```

## How it works

Plays when the field receives focus. It animates opacity — compositor-only, so it never causes page reflow. `--sds-duration-fast` controls the speed — override either on the element or :root (the sds-fast/sds-slow modifier classes do exactly that).

## Related

- [Morph Placeholder](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/input-morph-ph/)
- [Placeholder Blink](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/input-ph-blink/)
- [Placeholder Breathe](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/input-ph-breathe/)
- [Placeholder Flicker In](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/input-ph-flicker-in/)
- [Placeholder Ghost](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/input-ph-ghost/)
- [Placeholder Wave](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/input-ph-wave/)
- [Orbit](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/input-orbit/)