CSS - translateX()

The translateX() CSS function moves the element horizontally on the plane. This transformation is characterized by a <length> defining how much it moves horizontally.

Examples

HTML

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

CSS

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

.transformed {
  transform: translateX(10px);
  background-color: blue;
}

Result

Syntax

CSS

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translateX(t)

Description

The translateX() CSS function moves the element horizontally on the plane. This transformation is characterized by a <length> defining how much it moves horizontally.

translateX(tx) is a shortcut for translate(tx, 0).

t: Is a <length> representing the abscissa of the translating vector.

Cartesian coordinates on ℝ²	Homogeneous coordinates on ℝℙ²	Cartesian coordinates on ℝ³	Homogeneous coordinates on ℝℙ³
A translation is not a linear transform in ℝ² and cannot be represented using a matrix in the cartesian coordinates system.	$(\begin{matrix} 1 & 0 & t \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{matrix})$	$(\begin{matrix} 1 & 0 & t \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{matrix})$	$(\begin{matrix} 1 & 0 & 0 & t \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \end{matrix})$
	`[1 0 0 1 t 0]`

License

© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/css/transform-function/translatex

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