CSS perspective-origin Property

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Example

#div1 {
  position: relative;
  perspective: 100px;
  perspective-origin: left;  
}

#div3 {
  position: relative;
  perspective: 100px;
  perspective-origin: bottom right;
}

#div5 {
  position: relative;
  perspective: 100px;
  perspective-origin: -70%;  
}
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Meaning

The perspective-origin property determines the position at which the viewer is looking. It is used as the vanishing point by the perspective property.

Default value:50% 50%
Inherited:No
Animatable:Yes
Version:CSS3
JavaScript syntax:
object.style.perspectiveOrigin="x-position y-position|initial|inherit|revert|revert-layer|unset";


Standard Syntax

perspective-origin: x-position y-position|initial|inherit|revert|revert-layer|unset;


Browser Support

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



Status





Property Values

The following table describes the values of this property.

Value Description
x-position Default value is 50%. Specifies where the view is placed at the x-axis.

Possible values:

  • 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: indicating the position as an absolute length value or relative to the width of the element. The negative value allowed.
  • %(percentage): Specifies the value in percentage.
y-position Default value is 50%. Specifies where the view is placed at the y-axis.

Possible values:

  • 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.
  • length: Indicating the position as an absolute length value or relative to the height of the element. The value may be negative.
  • %(percentage): Specifies the value in percentage.
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 {
  perspective-origin: 50% 50%;
}
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