The translateY() CSS function repositions an element vertically on the 2D plane. Its result is a <transform-function> data type.

/* <length-percentage> values */ transform: translateY(200px); transform: translateY(50%); 

translateY()

The translateY() CSS function repositions an element vertically on the 2D plane. Its result is a <transform-function> data type.

Note: translateY(ty) is equivalent to translate(0, ty) or translate3d(0, ty, 0).

Syntax

/* <length-percentage> values */ transform: translateY(200px); transform: translateY(50%); 

Values

<length-percentage>

The value is a <length> or <percentage> representing the ordinate of the translating vector. A percentage value refers to the height of the reference box defined by the transform-box property.

Cartesian coordinates on ℝ^2	Homogeneous coordinates on ℝℙ^2	Cartesian coordinates on ℝ^3	Homogeneous coordinates on ℝℙ^3
A translation is not a linear transformation in ℝ^2 and can't be represented using a Cartesian-coordinate matrix.	( 1 0 0 0 1 t 0 0 1 )	( 1 0 0 0 1 t 0 0 1 )	( 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 t 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 )
	[1 0 0 1 0 t]

Formal syntax

translateY(<length-percentage>) 

Examples

HTML

<div>Static</div> <div class="moved">Moved</div> <div>Static</div> 

CSS

div {   width: 60px;   height: 60px;   background-color: skyblue; }  .moved {   transform: translateY(10px);   background-color: pink; } 

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Transforms Module Level 1 # funcdef-transform-translatey

See also

transform <transform-function>

Last modified: Jan 31, 2022, by MDN contributors

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