Text animation · .sds-shadow-lift

Shadow Lift

Lifts up casting a soft shadow. Add the class .sds-shadow-lift to any element — it loops continuously as soon as the class is applied, with no JavaScript.

Live demo

Shadow Lift

Demo uses this site's neutral theme; override --sds-primary to match your brand.

Quick start

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

<h1 class="sds-shadow-lift">Shadow Lift</h1>

Loads only the text bundle (core is included).Prefer one file? Use https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@salkomdesignstudio/sds-motion-forge/dist/motion.min.css (all 604 effects).

How it works

Plays as soon as the class is applied, looping continuously. It animates its text glow and movement and scale (transform). Timing is fixed for this effect, but you can still override animation-duration/timing-function on the element.

Technical details

Class	`.sds-shadow-lift`
Category	Text
Runs	loops continuously, as soon as the class is applied
Animated properties	text-shadow, transform
Compositor-only	No — also animates paint or layout properties
Needs child elements	No
Needs per-character spans	No
JavaScript	None required
Keyframes	sds-shadowLift
Design tokens	n/a
Since	4.0.3

Copy-paste code

HTML

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@salkomdesignstudio/sds-motion-forge/dist/motion.min.css" />
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1 class="sds-shadow-lift">Shadow Lift</h1>
  </body>
</html>

React / Next.js

import "@salkomdesignstudio/sds-motion-forge/dist/motion.min.css";

export default function Demo() {
  return (
    <h1 className="sds-shadow-lift">Shadow Lift</h1>
  );
}

Angular

// angular.json → architect.build.options.styles:
//   "node_modules/@salkomdesignstudio/sds-motion-forge/dist/motion.min.css"
import { Component } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-demo',
  standalone: true,
  template: `
    <h1 class="sds-shadow-lift">Shadow Lift</h1>
  `,
})
export class DemoComponent {}

Tailwind CSS

/* app.css — Tailwind v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@import "@salkomdesignstudio/sds-motion-forge/dist/motion.min.css";

/* then use the class like any other: */
<h1 class="sds-shadow-lift">Shadow Lift</h1>

Typed React, Angular, Tailwind and Web Components wrappers live in packages/ in the repository and are not yet published to npm; the snippets above need only the CSS.

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