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The transform-style property, when applied to an element, determines if that element’s children are positioned in 3D space, or flattened.
.parent {transform-style: preserve-3d;}It accepts one of two values: flat (the default) and preserve-3d. To demonstrate the difference between the two values, click the toggle button in the CodePen below:
When the button is clicked, the demo uses JavaScript to toggle the transform-style value between preserve-3d and flat.
As you can see, when the value is changed to flat, the child elements are no longer stacked according the the translateZ values (in 3D space), but instead flatten out to appear the way elements are by default on an HTML page.
Browser support
| IE | Edge | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Opera |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No 1 | All | 10 2 | 12 3 | 4 3 | 15 3 |
| Android Chrome | Android Firefox | Android Browser | iOS Safari | Opera Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | All | 3 3 | 3.2 3 | 62 |
1 Internet Explorer 10 supports 3D transforms, but does not support the transform-style property.
2 Supported in Firefox 10-15 with prefix
-moz-3 Supported in Chrome 12-35, Safari 4-8, Safari iOS 3.2-8.4, and Opera 15-22 with prefix
-webkit-
Opera supports transform-style since version 15.
Thanks I updated that. Looks like it’s supported post-Blink-transition.
IE is the worst browser in the world. I wish Microsoft to buy Mozilla or at least Opera.. So IE can finally rest in peace… Damn…
Too right. How can a company with all of Microsoft’s resources lag so far behind every other browser in terms of feature adoption?
I think it’s by design. From what I have observed with Microsoft, I think the problem is that they have too many resources in the area of browser development. They innovated plenty in the early IE stages (including the invention of AJAX) but got too much into their own “standards” in later releases. That unconventional progress became the snake that ate it’s own tail. Now we just have crap. Thanks Microsoft…
I dislike IE as well however the Spartan looks like it could have potential. So at least they may have a fair chance :P
IE is actually a fantastic browser these days. It leads the way in a lot of areas (first to implement CSS grid, pointer events, scroll rails and snap points, independent animations, independent input, and more). But just like Chrome is way behind in several of those areas, IE is behind on a few others, like preserve-3d which is only in the dev channel / tech preview release currently. It also had Chrome way beat with unprefixed standard-compliant CSS transforms, transitions, and animations.
Thing is, if you only use Chrome, you assume its particular selection of features is the standard. But that’s a very narrow perspective.
Internet Explorer supports transform-style since version 11
Not perspective: 600; and perspective: 600px;