# Skeleton Pulse (`.sds-loader-skeleton`)

Shimmer scan for loading placeholders. Loaders 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/loader-skeleton/
- Category: Loaders (https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/categories/loaders/)
- 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/loaders.min.css" />

<span class="sds-loader-skeleton"></span>
```

## 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

- [Ripple Dot](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/loader-ripple-dot/)
- [Scanner](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/loader-scanner/)
- [Signal Bars](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/loader-signal/)
- [Snake](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/loader-snake/)
- [Solar](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/loader-solar/)
- [Spark](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/loader-spark/)