How They Fit Together: Transform, Translate, Rotate, Scale, and Offset

Publikováno: 30.3.2020

Firefox 72 was first out of the gate with "independent transforms." That is, instead of having to combine transforms together, like:

.el {
  transform: rotate(10deg) scale(0.95) translate(10px, 10px);
}

...we can do:

.el {
  rotate: 10deg;
  scale: 0.95;
  translate: 10px 10px;
}

That's extremely useful, as having to repeat other transforms when you change a single one, lest remove them, is tedious and prone to error.

Firefox 72 was first out of the gate with "independent transforms." That is, instead of having to combine transforms together, like:

.el {
  transform: rotate(10deg) scale(0.95) translate(10px, 10px);
}

...we can do:

.el {
  rotate: 10deg;
  scale: 0.95;
  translate: 10px 10px;
}

That's extremely useful, as having to repeat other transforms when you change a single one, lest remove them, is tedious and prone to error.

But there is some nuance to know about here, and Dan Wilson digs in.

Little things to know:

Independent transforms happen first. So, if you also use a transform, that can override them if the same transform types is used.
They all share the same transform-origin.
The offset-* properties also effectively moves/rotates elements. Those happen after independent transforms and beforetransform.