Thetransformpropertyallowsyoutovisuallymanipulateanelementbyskewing,rotating,translating,orscaling:
.element{width:20px;height:20px;transform:scale(20);}Evenwithadeclaredheightandwidth,thiselementwillnowbescaledtotwentytimesitsoriginalsize:
Givingthisfunctiontwovalueswillstretchithorizontallybythefirstandverticallybythesecond.Inthefollowingexample,theelementwillnowbetwicethewidthbuthalftheheightoftheoriginalelement:
.element{transform:scale(2,.5);}Oryoucanbemorespecificwithoutusingtheshorthandfunction:
transform:scaleX(2);transform:scaleY(.5);Butscale()isjustoneofmanytransformfunctionsthatareavailable.
WhilstinthisexamplewecanskewanelementverticallywithwithskewY:
Rotate.element{transform:rotate(25deg);}Thisrotatesanelementclockwisefromitsoriginalposition,whilstanegativevaluewouldrotateitintheoppositedirection.Here’sasimpleanimatedexamplewhereasquarecontinuestorotate360degreeseverythreeseconds:
WecanalsousetherotateX,rotateY,androtateZfunctions,likeso:
Thesevalueswouldbeanylengthvalue,like10pxor2.4em.Onevaluewillmovetheelementtotheright(negativevaluestotheleft).Ifasecondvalueisprovided,thatsecondvaluewillmoveitdown(negativevaluesup).Or,youcangetspecific:
transform:translateX(value);transform:translateY(value);It’simportanttonotethatanelementusingtransformwillnotcauseotherelementstoflowaroundit.Byusingthetranslatefunctionbelowandnudgingthegreensquareoutofitsoriginalposition,we’llnoticehowthesurroundingtextwillremainfixedinplace,asifthesquareisablockelement:
It’salsoworthnotingthattranslatewillbehardwareacceleratedifyouwanttoanimatethatproperty,unlikeposition:absolute.
MultiplevaluesWithaspace-separatedlistyoucanaddmultiplevaluestothetransformproperty:
.element{width:20px;height:20px;transform:scale(20)skew(-20deg);}It’sworthnotingthatthereisanorderinwhichthesetransformswillbecarriedout,intheexampleabove`skew`willbeperformedfirstandthentheelementwillbescaled.
Forthecurious,this:
translate3d(x,y,z)translateZ(z)Thethirdvalueintranslate3dorthevalueintranslateZmovestheelementtowardtheviewer,negativevaluesaway.
scale3d(sx,sy,sz)scaleZ(sz)Thethirdvalueinscale3dorthevalueinscaleZaffectsthescalingalongthez-axis(e.g.theimaginarylinecomingstraightoutofthescreen).
rotateX(value)rotateY(value)rotate3d(x,y,z)rotateXandrotateYwillrotateanelementin3Dspacearoundthoseaxises.rotate3dallowsyoutospecifyapointin3Dspaceinwhichtorotatetheelementaround.
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Hi,IdontunderstandtheScaleZ,intransform,ifuchangethescaleX(2)itwillscalethewidth,butwehavenotthedepthvalueoftheelementsoscaleZ(3)meanse3*0=0
soscaleZhasnoeffectonelement
scalez(3)isequivalenttoz-index:3
Aquicknotethatrotate3d()actuallytakes4argumentslikeso:
rotate3d(x,y,z,a)Wherethefirstthreeargumentsdescribeapointin3dspacearoundwhichyouwishtorotate;andthefourthananglebywhichtorotatetheelement.
Inactualfactthefirstthreeargumentsareavectordescribingtheaxisofrotation.ietheytakeaunitless
woowthanks
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Isthereawaytoscalethetextinsidethatboxaswell
Yeahwecanjusttakeanelementlikep.thengeneratecode.p{-moz-transform:skewX(12deg)skewY(32deg);-webkit-transform:skewX(12deg)skewY(32deg);-o-transform:skewX(12deg)skewY(32deg);-ms-transform:skewX(12deg)skewY(32deg);transform:skewX(12deg)skewY(32deg);}
Facingproblemwhileapplyingtransform(translation)onbutton:hoverDoesanyonehavesolutionorfacedsimilarproblem.Thisiscodingofmycssfile
Whythis2codesarethesameIagreeaboutrotateinbothbuttanslateinmatrixmustbe24,25insteadof-0.7071067811865497,34.648232278140824.
1)rotate(45deg)translate(24px,25px)2)matrix(0.7071067811865475,0.7071067811865476,-0.7071067811865476,0.7071067811865475,-0.7071067811865497,34.648232278140824)1)rotate(45deg)translate(24px,25px)2)matrix(0.7071067811865475,0.7071067811865476,-0.7071067811865476,0.7071067811865475,-0.7071067811865497,34.648232278140824)
Thematrixfunctionwilltakethisvaluesthatrepresentanothervalueslikethis.
matrix(xscale,yskew,xskew,yscale,xtranslation(position),ytranslation(position))
Extra:
Ifyouwanttodownloadfreelogothisistheplace.
2DTransformsworkinIE9+,worksthroughprefix-ms-
Canyougivemeawayto3drotateinAdobeFlashCS3.Itcanbesomecode,etc..
reallycool:)thanksforyourtime
ItseemsthatapositivevalueofskewXiscounter-clockwise,asopposedtothevaluesforrotateX,whichareclockwise.VerystrangeIthink,soyourexampleofskewX(25deg)iswrong.
HelloRuud,doyouhavetheanswerwhypositivevalueofskewXiscounter-clockwiseinsteadofclockwise.Icudntgetitwhyitworksthatway.AndHelloChris,hopingforuranswer.
GettingthelogicofitallIalsocametothisconclusion.DoesanyoneknowthereasonforthisItseemslikeanexceptionandmakesithardtounderstandwhatwillhappenwhensomevaluesareapplied.
Thescalepropertymakestheimagescalefromwishandheighthezero.
Iamusingscrolltoscaleupordown.ButassoonasIstartscrollingtheimagegoestoprobablyonepixelandscalesaccordingtothat.
AsshowninSkewsectionabove,skewX(25deg)tiltsittowardstheright.Andthatmakessensetome(ButwearebothwronghereChris).Becauseactuallyittiltsittowardstheleft.Icouldnotrelateittotheco-ordinatesystem,positivedegshouldhaveactuallytiltedittowardstheright.
skewX()andskewY():tiltsanelementtotheleftorright,liketurningatriangleintoaparallelogram.
Orarectangleinfact.
wao
Ok.ThankyouScottandCarry,foranswering.Irealizethatiswhatcausesit.JusthavetorememberitIguess
Using
Scale3d(transform(rotateY:):20px):10px);
WhatifIwanttoremovethetransformpropertyHowdoIdothat
Youdefinitelycanwritethematricesbyhand.Alltheothertransformationsarejustshorthandsformatrices.Learningmatrixmathwillteachyouwhydifferentlyorderedtransformationsworkliketheydo.
Helloall,Isitmandatorytousebelowthingstosupportallbrowsers
-webkit-transform:value;-moz-transform:value;-ms-transform:value;-o-transform:value;transform:value;
.close{transform:rotate(45deg);}Itseemsok,butitdoesnotwork,becausetheisainlineelement.Thisproblemcanbesolvedbyunderstandingthis,andjustaddingdisplay:inline-blockatthe.closerule.So,Ibelievethatthisarticlewouldbeimprovedifitmentionedwhichelementscanbetargetbyeachtransformationfunction.
Transformappearstobreakeffects/actionswithinanelement.Egbackground-attachement:fixed;or:hoverdoesnotworkinadivthathashadatransformappliedtoit,norchildrenthereof(notfullytested).
Isthecorrectterminologyjustfunction
Thanksfortheheadsup!Gotthatinthere.:)
WhydoesnotworkingwithJavascriptrotatefrom0degreeto360degree
h3.name-class{transform:scale(0.8,1);transform-origin:left;}
Thankyou
Everyonewhohaseversearchedawaytohaveskewedelementswithareliablepixelwithshouldhavealook.
Ihavenoideawhythisrepoisthatunknown.Handlingskewedcontentswithdeg-valuesispurehellonearth,especiallywhenitcomestoresponsivedesign.HopefullyCSSwillsupportpixelvaluesinthefuture.
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