CSS object-position Property

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Example

.example {
  width: 200px;
  height: 100px;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: 10px 10px;
  border: 3px solid black;
}





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Meaning

The object-position property specifies the alignment of the selected replaced element's contents within the element's box.

Areas of the box which aren't covered by the replaced element's object will show the element's background.

You can adjust how the replaced element's object's intrinsic size (that is, its natural size) is adjusted to fit within the element's box using the object-fit property.

Default value:50% 50%
Inherited:Yes
Animatable:Yes
Version:CSS3
JavaScript syntax:
object.style.objectPosition="position|initial|inherit|revert|revert-layer|unset";



Standard Syntax

object-position: position|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
position Specifies the position of the image or video inside its content box.
  • First value controls the x-axis.
  • Second value controls the y-axis.
Can be a string (left, center or right), or a number (in px or %). Negative values are allowed.
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 {
  object-position: 50% 50%;
}



More Examples

The following example use percentage value:

object-position: 10% 100%;

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Example

.example {
  width: 200px;
  height: 300px;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: 10% 100%;
  border: 3px solid black;
}



The following example use percentage value:

object-position: -100px 0;

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Example

.example {
  width: 200px;
  height: 300px;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: -100px 0;
  border: 3px solid black;
}
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