perspective-origin

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2022.

The perspective-origin CSS property determines the position at which the viewer is looking. It is used as the vanishing point by the perspective property.

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The perspective-origin and 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:

<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:

<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

Initial value	`50% 50%`
Applies to	transformable elements
Inherited	no
Percentages	refer to the size of bounding box
Computed value	for `<length>` the absolute value, otherwise a percentage
Animation type	simple list of length, percentage, or calc

Formal syntax

perspective-origin = 
  <position>  

<position> = 
  [ left | center | right | top | bottom | <length-percentage> ]  |
  [ left | center | right ] && [ top | center | bottom ]  |
  [ left | center | right | <length-percentage> ] [ top | center | bottom | <length-percentage> ]  |
  [ [ left | right ] <length-percentage> ] && [ [ top | bottom ] <length-percentage> ]  

<length-percentage> = 
  <length>      |
  <percentage>

Examples

Changing the perspective origin

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

Specifications

Specification
CSS Transforms Module Level 2 # perspective-origin-property

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android
`perspective-origin`	3612	1212	164910–preview	2315	94	3618	164910	2414	92	3.01.0	4.43
`bottom`	12	12	10	15	4	18	10	14	2	1.0	4.4
`center`	12	12	10	15	4	18	10	14	2	1.0	4.4
`left`	12	12	10	15	4	18	10	14	2	1.0	4.4
`right`	12	12	10	15	4	18	10	14	2	1.0	4.4
`top`	12	12	10	15	4	18	10	14	2	1.0	4.4