perspective-origin

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The perspective-origin CSS property determines the position at which the viewer is looking. It is used as the vanishing point by the {{cssxref("perspective")}}  property.

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The perspective-origin and {{cssxref('perspective')}}  properties are attached to the parent of a child transformed in 3-dimensional space, unlike the perspective() transform function which is placed on the element being transformed.

Syntax

/* One-value syntax */
perspective-origin: x-position;

/* Two-value syntax */
perspective-origin: x-position y-position;

/* When both x-position and y-position are keywords,
   the following is also valid */
perspective-origin: y-position x-position;

/* Global values */
perspective-origin: inherit;
perspective-origin: initial;
perspective-origin: revert;
perspective-origin: revert-layer;
perspective-origin: unset;

Values

• x-position

  • : Indicates the position of the abscissa of the vanishing point. It can have one of the following values:

    • {{cssxref("<length-percentage>")}}  indicating the position as an absolute length value or relative to the width of the element. The value may be negative.
    • 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.

• y-position

  • : Indicates the position of the ordinate of the vanishing point. It can have one of the following values:

    • {{cssxref("<length-percentage>")}}  indicating the position as an absolute length value or relative to the height of the element. The value may be negative.
    • 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.

Formal definition

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Formal syntax

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Examples

Changing the perspective origin

An example showing how to change perspective-origin is given in Using CSS transforms > Changing the perspective origin.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• Using CSS Transforms
• {{cssxref('transform-style')}} 
• {{cssxref('transform-function')}} 
• {{cssxref('perspective')}} 
• transform: perspective() function