# CSS - translate3d()

The translate3d() CSS function moves the position of the element in the 3D space. This transformation is characterized by a 3-dimension vector whose coordinates define how much it moves in each direction.

## Examples

### Using a single axis translation

#### HTML

HTML
<p>foo</p>
<p class="transformed">bar</p>
<p>foo</p>

#### CSS

CSS
p {
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
background-color: teal;
}

.transformed {
transform: perspective(500px) translate3d(10px,0px,0px);
/* equivalent to perspective(500px) translateX(10px)*/
background-color: blue;
}

### Combining z-axis and x-axis translation

#### HTML

HTML
<p>foo</p>
<p class="transformed">bar</p>
<p>foo</p>

#### CSS

CSS
p {
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
background-color: teal;
}

.transformed {
transform: perspective(500px) translate3d(10px,0px,100px);
background-color: blue;
}

## Syntax

CSS
translate3d(tx, ty, tz)

## Description

w

The translate3d() CSS function moves the position of the element in the 3D space. This transformation is characterized by a 3-dimension vector whose coordinates define how much it moves in each direction.

tx
Is a <length> representing the abscissa of the translating vector.
ty
Is a <length> representing the ordinate of the translating vector.
tz
Is a <length> representing the z component of the translating vector. It can't be a <percentage> value; in that case the property containing the transform is considered invalid.
Cartesian coordinates on ℝ2 Homogeneous coordinates on ℝℙ2 Cartesian coordinates on ℝ3 Homogeneous coordinates on ℝℙ3

This transform applies to the 3D space and cannot be represented on the plane.

A translation is not a linear transform in ℝ3 and cannot be represented using a matrix in the Cartesian coordinates system. $\left(\begin{array}{ccc}10& 0& tx\\ 01& 0& ty\\ 0& 0& 1& tz\\ 0& 0& 0& 1\end{array}\right)$