CSS - translateZ()
The translateZ()
CSS function moves the element along the z-axis of the 3D space. This transformation is characterized by a <length>
defining how much it moves.
Examples
HTML
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<p>foo</p> <p class="transformed">bar</p>
CSS
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p { width: 50px; height: 50px; background-color: teal; } .transformed { /* Adding a perspective to create a 3d space */ /* The user is looking "from" 500px and we */ /* push the element forward (toward the user) */ /* by 200px */ transform: perspective(500px) translateZ(200px); }
Result
Syntax
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translateZ(t)
Description
The translateZ()
CSS function moves the element along the z-axis of the 3D space. This transformation is characterized by a <length>
defining how much it moves.
translateZ(tz)
is a shorthand for translate3d(0, 0, tz)
.
- t
- 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 |
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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. |
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/translatez