offset
Quick Summary for offset
The offset CSS shorthand property sets all the properties required for animating an element along a defined path.
Code Usage for offset
/* Offset position */ offset: auto; offset: 10px 30px; offset: none;  /* Offset path */ offset: ray(45deg closest-side); offset: path('M 100 100 L 300 100 L 200 300 z'); offset: url(arc.svg);  /* Offset path with distance and/or rotation */ offset: url(circle.svg) 100px; offset: url(circle.svg) 40%; offset: url(circle.svg) 30deg; offset: url(circle.svg) 50px 20deg;  /* Including offset anchor */ offset: ray(45deg closest-side) / 40px 20px; offset: url(arc.svg) 2cm / 0.5cm 3cm; offset: url(arc.svg) 30deg / 50px 100px;  /* Global values */ offset: inherit; offset: initial; offset: revert; offset: unset; 
More Details for offset

offset

The offset CSS shorthand property sets all the properties required for animating an element along a defined path.

Note: Early versions of the spec called this property motion.

Constituent properties

This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:

offset-anchor offset-distance offset-path offset-position offset-rotate

Syntax

/* Offset position */ offset: auto; offset: 10px 30px; offset: none;  /* Offset path */ offset: ray(45deg closest-side); offset: path('M 100 100 L 300 100 L 200 300 z'); offset: url(arc.svg);  /* Offset path with distance and/or rotation */ offset: url(circle.svg) 100px; offset: url(circle.svg) 40%; offset: url(circle.svg) 30deg; offset: url(circle.svg) 50px 20deg;  /* Including offset anchor */ offset: ray(45deg closest-side) / 40px 20px; offset: url(arc.svg) 2cm / 0.5cm 3cm; offset: url(arc.svg) 30deg / 50px 100px;  /* Global values */ offset: inherit; offset: initial; offset: revert; offset: unset; 

Formal definition

Initial valueas each of the properties of the shorthand:offset-position: autooffset-path: noneoffset-distance: 0offset-anchor: autooffset-rotate: auto
Applies totransformable elements
Inheritedno
Percentagesas each of the properties of the shorthand:offset-position: referToSizeOfContainingBlockoffset-distance: refer to the total path lengthoffset-anchor: relativeToWidthAndHeight
Computed valueas each of the properties of the shorthand:offset-position: for <length> the absolute value, otherwise a percentageoffset-path: as specifiedoffset-distance: for <length> the absolute value, otherwise a percentageoffset-anchor: for <length> the absolute value, otherwise a percentageoffset-rotate: as specified
Animation typeas each of the properties of the shorthand:offset-position: a positionoffset-path: as <angle>, <basic-shape> or <path()>offset-distance: a length, percentage or calc();offset-anchor: a positionoffset-rotate: as <angle>, <basic-shape> or <path()>
Creates stacking contextyes

Formal syntax

[ <'offset-position'>? [ <'offset-path'> [ <'offset-distance'> || <'offset-rotate'> ]? ]? ]! [ / <'offset-anchor'> ]?

Examples

Animating an element along a path

HTML
<div id="offsetElement"></div> 
CSS
@keyframes move {   from {     offset-distance: 0%;   }    to {     offset-distance: 100%;   } }  #offsetElement {   width: 50px;   height: 50px;   background-color: blue;   offset: path("M 100 100 L 300 100 L 200 300 z") auto;   animation: move 3s linear infinite; } 
Result

Specifications

Specification
Motion Path Module Level 1 # offset-shorthand

See also

offset-anchor offset-distance offset-path offset-position offset-rotate

Last modified: Aug 12, 2021, by MDN contributors

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