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.
/* 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: unset;
<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.<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.<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>
This example shows cubes with popular perspective-origin
values.
<table> <tbody> <tr> <th> <code>perspective-origin: top left;</code> </th> <th> <code>perspective-origin: top;</code> </th> <th> <code>perspective-origin: top right;</code> </th> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="container"> <div class="cube potl"> <div class="face front">1</div> <div class="face back">2</div> <div class="face right">3</div> <div class="face left">4</div> <div class="face top">5</div> <div class="face bottom">6</div> </div> </div> </td> <td> <div class="container"> <div class="cube potm"> <div class="face front">1</div> <div class="face back">2</div> <div class="face right">3</div> <div class="face left">4</div> <div class="face top">5</div> <div class="face bottom">6</div> </div> </div> </td> <td> <div class="container"> <div class="cube potr"> <div class="face front">1</div> <div class="face back">2</div> <div class="face right">3</div> <div class="face left">4</div> <div class="face top">5</div> <div class="face bottom">6</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <th> <code>perspective-origin: left;</code> </th> <th> <code>perspective-origin: 50% 50%;</code> </th> <th> <code>perspective-origin: right;</code> </th> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="container"> <div class="cube poml"> <div class="face front">1</div> <div class="face back">2</div> <div class="face right">3</div> <div class="face left">4</div> <div class="face top">5</div> <div class="face bottom">6</div> </div> </div> </td> <td> <div class="container"> <div class="cube pomm"> <div class="face front">1</div> <div class="face back">2</div> <div class="face right">3</div> <div class="face left">4</div> <div class="face top">5</div> <div class="face bottom">6</div> </div> </div> </td> <td> <div class="container"> <div class="cube pomr"> <div class="face front">1</div> <div class="face back">2</div> <div class="face right">3</div> <div class="face left">4</div> <div class="face top">5</div> <div class="face bottom">6</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <th> <code>perspective-origin: bottom left;</code> </th> <th> <code>perspective-origin: bottom;</code> </th> <th> <code>perspective-origin: bottom right;</code> </th> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="container"> <div class="cube pobl"> <div class="face front">1</div> <div class="face back">2</div> <div class="face right">3</div> <div class="face left">4</div> <div class="face top">5</div> <div class="face bottom">6</div> </div> </div> </td> <td> <div class="container"> <div class="cube pobm"> <div class="face front">1</div> <div class="face back">2</div> <div class="face right">3</div> <div class="face left">4</div> <div class="face top">5</div> <div class="face bottom">6</div> </div> </div> </td> <td> <div class="container"> <div class="cube pobr"> <div class="face front">1</div> <div class="face back">2</div> <div class="face right">3</div> <div class="face left">4</div> <div class="face top">5</div> <div class="face bottom">6</div> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
/* Shorthand classes for perspective-origin values */ .potl { perspective-origin: top left; -webkit-perspective-origin: top left; } .potm { perspective-origin: top; -webkit-perspective-origin: top; } .potr { perspective-origin: top right; -webkit-perspective-origin: top right; } .poml { perspective-origin: left; -webkit-perspective-origin: left; } .pomm { perspective-origin: 50% 50%; -webkit-perspective-origin: 50% 50%; } .pomr { perspective-origin: right; -webkit-perspective-origin: right; } .pobl { perspective-origin: bottom left; -webkit-perspective-origin: bottom left; } .pobm { perspective-origin: bottom; -webkit-perspective-origin: bottom; } .pobr { perspective-origin: bottom right; -webkit-perspective-origin: bottom right; } /* Define the container div, the cube div, and a generic face */ .container { width: 100px; height: 100px; margin: 24px; border: none; } .cube { width: 100%; height: 100%; backface-visibility: visible; perspective: 300px; transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-backface-visibility: visible; -webkit-perspective: 300px; -webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; } .face { display: block; position: absolute; width: 100px; height: 100px; border: none; line-height: 100px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 60px; color: white; text-align: center; } /* Define each face based on direction */ .front { background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3); transform: translateZ(50px); -webkit-transform: translateZ(50px); } .back { background: rgba(0, 255, 0, 1); color: black; transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(50px); -webkit-transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(50px); } .right { background: rgba(196, 0, 0, 0.7); transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(50px); -webkit-transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(50px); } .left { background: rgba(0, 0, 196, 0.7); transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateZ(50px); -webkit-transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateZ(50px); } .top { background: rgba(196, 196, 0, 0.7); transform: rotateX(90deg) translateZ(50px); -webkit-transform: rotateX(90deg) translateZ(50px) } .bottom { background: rgba(196, 0, 196, 0.7); transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(50px); -webkit-transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(50px); } /* Make the table a little nicer */ th, p, td { background-color: #EEEEEE; padding: 10px; font-family: sans-serif; text-align: left; }
Specification | Status | Comment |
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CSS Transforms Level 2 The definition of 'perspective-origin' in that specification. | Editor's Draft | Initial definition. |
Initial value | 50% 50% |
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Applies to | transformable elements |
Inherited | no |
Percentages | refer to the size of bounding box |
Media | visual |
Computed value | for <length> the absolute value, otherwise a percentage |
Animation type | simple list of length, percentage, or calc |
Canonical order | One or two values, with length made absolute and keywords translated to percentages |
Desktop | ||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | |
Basic support | 12
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12
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16
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10 | 15
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Yes
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Mobile | |||||||
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Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge Mobile | Firefox for Android | Opera for Android | iOS Safari | Samsung Internet | |
Basic support | 3
|
? | Yes
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16
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Yes
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Yes
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? |
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