CSS mask-origin Property

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Example

.example {
  background: green;
  -webkit-mask-image: url(hello-world.png);
  mask-image: url(hello-world.png);
  -webkit-mask-origin: border-box;
  mask-origin: border-box;
}

Meaning

The mask-origin property sets the origin of a mask.

Default value:border-box
Inherited:No
Animatable:No
Version:CSS3
JavaScript syntax:
object.style.mask-origin="content-box|padding-box|border-box|margin-box|fill-box|stroke-box|view-box|content|padding|border|initial|inherit|revert|revert-layer|unset";



Standard Syntax

mask-origin: content-box|padding-box|border-box|margin-box|fill-box|stroke-box|view-box|content|padding|border|initial|inherit|revert|revert-layer|unset;



Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.




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Property Values

The following table describes the values of this property.

Value Description
content-box The position is relative to the content box.
padding-box The position is relative to the padding box. For single boxes 0 0 is the upper left corner of the padding edge, 100% 100% is the lower right corner.
border-box The position is relative to the border box.
margin-box The position is relative to the margin box.
fill-box The position is relative to the object bounding box.
stroke-box The position is relative to the stroke bounding box.
view-box Uses the nearest SVG viewport as reference box. If a viewBox attribute is specified for the element creating the SVG viewport, the reference box is positioned at the origin of the coordinate system established by the viewBox attribute and the dimension of the reference box is set to the width and height values of the viewBox attribute.
content Same as content-box.
padding Same as padding-box.
border This is default. Same as border-box.
initial Sets this property to its default value.
inherit If specified, the associated element takes the computed value of its parent element animation-delay property.
revert Reverts the cascaded value of the property from its current value to the value the property
revert-layer Rollback styles to the ones specified in previous cascade layers.
unset Resets a property to its inherited value if the property naturally inherits from its parent, and to its initial value if not.



Default CSS Property Values

selectors {
  mask-origin: border-box;
}



More Examples

This is the mask image:

hello-world

And this is an image of flowers:

flowers

After apply the mask image as the mask layer for the image flowers:


Example

<style type="text/css">
img {
  -webkit-mask-image: url(hello-world.png);
  mask-image: url(hello-world.png);
  -webkit-mask-size: 100%;
  mask-size: 100%;
  -webkit-mask-repeat: no-repeat;
  mask-repeat: no-repeat;
}
</style>

<img src="flowers.jpg" width="200" height="200">
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