CSS perspective-origin Property

The perspective-origin property in CSS is used to define the position at which the user is looking 3D object i.e. the vanishing point of the 3D object.

Syntax:

perspective-origin: x-axis y-axis|initial|inherit;

Property Values:

x-axis: It represents the horizontal position of the perspective origin. The possible value of x-axis are listed below:
- percentage (%): It set the x-axis in terms of percentage.
- length: It defines the length of x-axis.
- left: It sets the position left in x-axis.
- center: It sets position center in x-axis.
- right: I sets the position right in terms of x-axis.
y-axis: It represents the vertical position of the perspective origin. The possible value of y-axis are listed below:
- percentage (%): It set the position of y-axis in terms of percentage.
- length: It sets the position in terms of length.
- top: It sets the top position in y-axis.
- center: It sets the center position in y-axis.
- bottom: It sets the bottom position in y-axis.
initial: It sets the perspective-origin property to its default value.
inherit: The perspective-origin property is inherited from its parent.

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>
        CSS perspective-origin Property
    </title>
    
    <style>
        .container1 {
            padding: 20px;
            perspective: 100px; 
            perspective-origin: 75%;
            
            /* For Safari Browsers */
            -webkit-perspective: 100px;
            -webkit-perspective-origin: 75%;
        }
        .container2 {
            padding: 20px;
            perspective: 100px; 
            perspective-origin: bottom right;
            
            /* For Safari Browsers */
            -webkit-perspective: 100px;
            -webkit-perspective-origin: bottom right;
        }
        .container3 {
            padding: 20px;
            perspective: 100px; 
            perspective-origin: center;
            
            /* For Safari Browsers */
            -webkit-perspective: 100px;
            -webkit-perspective-origin: center;
        }
        .rotate {
            width: 100px;
            padding: 50px;
            text-align: center;
            background: green;
            transform: rotateX(10deg);
        }
    </style>
</head>
            
<body>
    <div class = "container1">
        
        <p>perspective-origin: 75%;</p>
        
        <div class = "rotate">image</div>
        
    </div>
    
    <div class = "container2">
        
        <p>perspective-origin: bottom right;</p>
        
        <div class = "rotate">image</div>
        
    </div>
    
    <div class = "container3">
        
        <p>perspective-origin: center;</p>
        
        <div class = "rotate">image</div>
        
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by perspective-origin property are listed below:

Google Chrome 36.0
Edge 12.0
Apple Safari 9.0
Mozilla Firefox 16.0
Opera 23.0
Internet Explorer 10.0

CSS perspective-origin Property

Explore