# Wave Cascade (`.sds-wave-cascade`)

Disturbance propagates char-to-char (loop). Text 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/wave-cascade/
- Category: Text (https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/categories/text/)
- Animated properties: 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-wave-cascade"><span class="sds-char" style="--i:0">W</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:1">a</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:2">v</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:3">e</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:4">&nbsp;</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:5">C</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:6">a</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:7">s</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:8">c</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:9">a</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:10">d</span><span class="sds-char" style="--i:11">e</span></h1>
```

## How it works

Plays as soon as the class is applied, looping continuously. It animates movement and scale (transform) — compositor-only, so it never causes page reflow. `--sds-duration-slow` controls the speed — 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

- [Kinetic Wave](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/kinetic-wave/)
- [Signal Wave](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/signal-wave/)
- [Velocity Blur](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/velocity-blur-text/)
- [Velvet Drop](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/velvet-drop/)
- [Vibrate](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/vibrate/)
- [Weight Drop](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/weight-drop/)
- [Wipe Left](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/wipe-left/)
- [Wipe Right](https://sds-motion-forge.netlify.app/animations/wipe-right/)