{"id":17448,"date":"2012-07-09T12:17:51","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T19:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/css-tricks.com\/?page_id=17448"},"modified":"2021-07-14T11:49:34","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T18:49:34","slug":"transform-style","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/css-tricks.com\/almanac\/properties\/t\/transform-style\/","title":{"rendered":"transform-style"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <code>transform-style<\/code> property, when applied to an element, determines if that element&#8217;s children are positioned in 3D space, or flattened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre rel=\"CSS\" class=\"wp-block-csstricks-code-block language-css\" data-line=\"\"><code markup=\"tt\">.parent {\n  transform-style: preserve-3d;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>It accepts one of two values: <code>flat<\/code> (the default) and <code>preserve-3d<\/code>. To demonstrate the difference between the two values, click the toggle button in the CodePen below:<script async=\"\" src=https://css-tricks.com/"http:////codepen.io//assets//embed//ei.js/"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cp-codepen-gutenberg-embed-block cp_embed_wrapper\"><iframe id=\"cp_embed_pIgBf\" src=https://css-tricks.com/"////codepen.io//anon//embed//pIgBf?height=450&amp;theme-id=1&amp;slug-hash=pIgBf&amp;default-tab=result\%22 height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allowpaymentrequest name=\"CodePen Embed pIgBf\" title=\"CodePen Embed pIgBf\" class=\"cp_embed_iframe\" style=\"width:100%;overflow:hidden\">CodePen Embed Fallback<\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When the button is clicked, the demo uses JavaScript to toggle the <code>transform-style<\/code> value between <code>preserve-3d<\/code> and <code>flat<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, when the value is changed to <code>flat<\/code>, the child elements are no longer stacked according the the <code>translateZ<\/code> values (in 3D space), but instead flatten out to appear the way elements are by default on an HTML page.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"browser-support\">Browser support<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table ticss-2969c85c\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">IE<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Edge<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Firefox<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Chrome<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Safari<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Opera<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">No<sup> 1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10 <sup>2<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">12 <sup>3<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><abbr title=\"Technology Preview\">4 <sup>3<\/sup><\/abbr><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">15 <sup>3<\/sup><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table ticss-1679a4e0\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Android Chrome<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Android Firefox<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Android Browser<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">iOS Safari<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Opera Mobile<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">All<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3 <sup>3<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3.2 <sup>3<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">62<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>Source: <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////caniuse.com//mdn-css_properties_backface-visibility/" rel=\"noopener\">caniuse<\/a><br><br><sup>1<\/sup> Internet Explorer 10 supports 3D transforms, but does not support the transform-style property.<br><sup>2<\/sup> Supported in Firefox 10-15 with prefix <code>-moz-<\/code><br><sup>3<\/sup> Supported in Chrome 12-35, Safari 4-8, Safari iOS 3.2-8.4, and Opera 15-22 with prefix <code>-webkit-<\/code><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-properties\">Related properties<\/h3>\n\n\n    \t\t\n    <div class=\"in-article-cards\">\n      <article class=\"in-article-card \" id=\"mini-post-17448\">\n\n  <time datetime=\"2011-09-06\" title=\"Originally published Jul 9, 2012\">\n    <strong>\n                \n      Almanac\n      <\/strong>\n\n    on\n\n    Jan 27, 2023  <\/time>\n\n  <h3>\n    <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//almanac//properties//t//transform///">\n      transform    <\/a>\n  <\/h3>\n\n      <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//almanac//properties//t//transform///" class=\"almanac-example\">\n      <code class=\"language-css\">.element { transform: scale(2); }<\/code>\n    <\/a>\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"author-row\">\n    <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//author//saracope///" aria-label=\"Author page of Sara Cope\">\n      <img alt='' src='https:////secure.gravatar.com//avatar//84da92f298e5b124d92fb581b82cfdf4?s=80&amp;d=retro&amp;r=pg' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/84da92f298e5b124d92fb581b82cfdf4?s=160&#038;d=retro&#038;r=pg 2x' class='avatar avatar-80 photo' height='80' width='80' \/>    <\/a>\n  \n    <a class=\"author-name\" href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//author//saracope///">\n      Sara Cope    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"in-article-card \" id=\"mini-post-17448\">\n\n  <time datetime=\"2012-07-09\" title=\"Originally published Jul 9, 2012\">\n    <strong>\n                \n      Almanac\n      <\/strong>\n\n    on\n\n    Jul 14, 2021  <\/time>\n\n  <h3>\n    <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//almanac//properties//t//transform-origin///">\n      transform-origin    <\/a>\n  <\/h3>\n\n      <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//almanac//properties//t//transform-origin///" class=\"almanac-example\">\n      <code class=\"language-css\">.element { transform-origin: top left; }<\/code>\n    <\/a>\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"author-row\">\n    <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//author//chriscoyier///" aria-label=\"Author page of Chris Coyier\">\n      <img alt='' src='https:////secure.gravatar.com//avatar//8081b26e05bb4354f7d65ffc34cbbd67?s=80&amp;d=retro&amp;r=pg' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8081b26e05bb4354f7d65ffc34cbbd67?s=160&#038;d=retro&#038;r=pg 2x' class='avatar avatar-80 photo' height='80' width='80' \/>    <\/a>\n  \n    <a class=\"author-name\" href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//author//chriscoyier///">\n      Chris Coyier    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"in-article-card \" id=\"mini-post-17448\">\n\n  <time datetime=\"2012-07-09\" title=\"Originally published Jul 9, 2012\">\n    <strong>\n                \n      Almanac\n      <\/strong>\n\n    on\n\n    Aug 4, 2021  <\/time>\n\n  <h3>\n    <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//almanac//properties//p//perspective///">\n      perspective    <\/a>\n  <\/h3>\n\n      <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//almanac//properties//p//perspective///" class=\"almanac-example\">\n      <code class=\"language-css\">.element { perspective: 1000px; }<\/code>\n    <\/a>\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"author-row\">\n    <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//author//chriscoyier///" aria-label=\"Author page of Chris Coyier\">\n      <img alt='' src='https:////secure.gravatar.com//avatar//8081b26e05bb4354f7d65ffc34cbbd67?s=80&amp;d=retro&amp;r=pg' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8081b26e05bb4354f7d65ffc34cbbd67?s=160&#038;d=retro&#038;r=pg 2x' class='avatar avatar-80 photo' height='80' width='80' \/>    <\/a>\n  \n    <a class=\"author-name\" href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//author//chriscoyier///">\n      Chris Coyier    <\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"in-article-card \" id=\"mini-post-17448\">\n\n  <time datetime=\"2012-07-09\" title=\"Originally published Jul 9, 2012\">\n    <strong>\n                \n      Almanac\n      <\/strong>\n\n    on\n\n    Aug 4, 2021  <\/time>\n\n  <h3>\n    <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//almanac//properties//p//perspective-origin///">\n      perspective-origin    <\/a>\n  <\/h3>\n\n      <a href=https://css-tricks.com/"https:////css-tricks.com//almanac//properties//p//perspective-origin///" class=\"almanac-example\">\n      <code class=\"language-css\">.element { perspective-origin: 25% 75%; 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