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translate3d()

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The translate3d() CSS function repositions an element in 3D space. Its result is a <transform-function> data type.

Try it

transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);

transform: translate3d(42px, -62px, -135px);

transform: translate3d(-2.7rem, 0, 1rem);

transform: translate3d(5ch, 0.4in, 5em);

<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
  <div class="transition-all" id="example-element">
    <div class="face front">1</div>
    <div class="face back">2</div>
    <div class="face right">3</div>
    <div class="face left">4</div>
    <div class="face top">5</div>
    <div class="face bottom">6</div>
  </div>
</section>

#default-example {
  background: linear-gradient(skyblue, khaki);
  perspective: 800px;
  perspective-origin: 150% 150%;
}

#example-element {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  perspective: 550px;
  transform-style: preserve-3d;
}

.face {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  backface-visibility: inherit;
  font-size: 60px;
  color: white;
}

.front {
  background: rgb(90 90 90 / 0.7);
  transform: translateZ(50px);
}

.back {
  background: rgb(0 210 0 / 0.7);
  transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(50px);
}

.right {
  background: rgb(210 0 0 / 0.7);
  transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(50px);
}

.left {
  background: rgb(0 0 210 / 0.7);
  transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateZ(50px);
}

.top {
  background: rgb(210 210 0 / 0.7);
  transform: rotateX(90deg) translateZ(50px);
}

.bottom {
  background: rgb(210 0 210 / 0.7);
  transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(50px);
}

This transformation is characterized by a three-dimensional vector [tx, ty, tz]. Its coordinates define how much the element moves in each direction.

Syntax

translate3d(tx, ty, tz)

Values

tx: Is a <length> or <percentage> representing the abscissa (horizontal, x-component) of the translating vector [tx, ty, tz].
ty: Is a <length> or <percentage> representing the ordinate (vertical, y-component)of the translating vector [tx, ty, tz].
tz: 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 [tx, ty, tz].

Cartesian coordinates on ℝ^2	Homogeneous coordinates on ℝℙ^2	Cartesian coordinates on ℝ^3	Homogeneous coordinates on ℝℙ^3
This transformation applies to the 3D space and can't be represented on the plane.		A translation is not a linear transformation in ℝ^3 and can't be represented using a Cartesian-coordinate matrix.	$\left( \begin{array}{cccc} 1 & 0 & 0 & tx \\ 0 & 1 & 0 & ty \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & tz \\ 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \end{array} \right)$

Formal syntax

<translate3d()> = 
  translate3d( <length-percentage> , <length-percentage> , <length> )  

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

Examples

Using a single axis translation

HTML

<div>Static</div>
<div class="moved">Moved</div>
<div>Static</div>

CSS

div {
  width: 60px;
  height: 60px;
  background-color: skyblue;
}

.moved {
  /* Equivalent to perspective(500px) translateX(10px) */
  transform: perspective(500px) translate3d(10px, 0, 0px);
  background-color: pink;
}

Result

Combining z-axis and x-axis translation

HTML

<div>Static</div>
<div class="moved">Moved</div>
<div>Static</div>

CSS

div {
  width: 60px;
  height: 60px;
  background-color: skyblue;
}

.moved {
  transform: perspective(500px) translate3d(10px, 0, 100px);
  background-color: pink;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Transforms Module Level 2> # funcdef-translate3d>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`translate3d`	12	12	10	15	4	18	10	14	3.2	1.0	3	3.2

translate3d()

Try it

Syntax

Values

Formal syntax

Examples

Using a single axis translation

HTML

CSS

Result

Combining z-axis and x-axis translation

HTML

CSS

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also