perspective-origin
Quick Summary for perspective-origin
perspective-origin
CSS property determines the position at which the viewer is looking. It is used as the vanishing point by the perspective
property.
Code Usage for perspective-origin
/* One-value syntax */ perspective-origin: x-position; /* Two-value syntax */ perspective-origin: x-position y-position; /* When both x-position and y-position are keywords, the following is also valid */ perspective-origin: y-position x-position; /* Global values */ perspective-origin: inherit; perspective-origin: initial; perspective-origin: revert; perspective-origin: unset;
More Details for perspective-origin
perspective-origin
The perspective-origin
CSS property determines the position at which the viewer is looking. It is used as the vanishing point by the perspective
property.
The perspective-origin
and perspective
properties are attached to the parent of a child transformed in 3-dimensional space, unlike the perspective()
transform function which is placed on the element being transformed.
Syntax
/* One-value syntax */ perspective-origin: x-position; /* Two-value syntax */ perspective-origin: x-position y-position; /* When both x-position and y-position are keywords, the following is also valid */ perspective-origin: y-position x-position; /* Global values */ perspective-origin: inherit; perspective-origin: initial; perspective-origin: revert; perspective-origin: unset;
Values
x-positionIndicates the position of the abscissa of the vanishing point. It can have one of the following values:
<length-percentage>
indicating the position as an absolute length value or relative to the width of the element. The value may be negative. left
, a keyword being a shortcut for the 0
length value. center
, a keyword being a shortcut for the 50%
percentage value. right
, a keyword being a shortcut for the 100%
percentage value. y-position Indicates the position of the ordinate of the vanishing point. It can have one of the following values:
<length-percentage>
indicating the position as an absolute length value or relative to the height of the element. The value may be negative. top
, a keyword being a shortcut for the 0
length value. center
, a keyword being a shortcut for the 50%
percentage value. bottom
, a keyword being a shortcut for the 100%
percentage value. Formal definition
Initial value | 50% 50% |
---|---|
Applies to | transformable elements |
Inherited | no |
Percentages | refer to the size of bounding box |
Computed value | for <length> the absolute value, otherwise a percentage |
Animation type | simple list of length, percentage, or calc |
Formal syntax
<position>where
<position> = [ [ left | center | right ] || [ top | center | bottom ] | [ left | center | right | <length-percentage> ] [ top | center | bottom | <length-percentage> ]? | [ [ left | right ] <length-percentage> ] && [ [ top | bottom ] <length-percentage> ] ]
where
<length-percentage> = <length> | <percentage>
Examples
Changing the perspective origin
An example showing how to change perspective-origin
is given in Using CSS transforms > Changing the perspective origin.
Specifications
Specification |
---|
CSS Transforms Module Level 2 # perspective-origin-property |
See also
Using CSS Transformstransform-style
<transform-function>
perspective
transform: perspective()
function Last modified: Oct 21, 2021, by MDN contributors
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