# Stagger Chars (`.sds-stagger-chars`)

Up to 12 children stagger in with skewY. 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/stagger-chars/
- Category: Text (https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/categories/text/)
- Animated properties: opacity, transform
- Compositor-only: yes
- Needs child elements: yes
- 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/text.min.css" />

<h1 class="sds-stagger-chars"><span>Stagger</span> <span>Chars</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-easing` controls the feel — override either on the element or :root (the sds-fast/sds-slow modifier classes do exactly that). The animation runs on the element's direct children — it needs child elements to be visible.

## Related

- [Split Reveal](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/split-reveal/)
- [Spotlight](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/spotlight/)
- [Squash Stretch](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/squash-stretch/)
- [Static Burst](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/static-burst/)
- [Streak In](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/streak-in/)
- [Strike Through](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/strike-through/)