Style perspective Property

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Example

Set the perspective from where an element is viewed:

document.getElementById("myDIV").style.perspective = "50px";

Description

The perspective property defines how many pixels a 3D element is placed from the view. This property allows you to change the perspective on how 3D elements are viewed.

When defining the perspective property for an element, it is the CHILD elements that get the perspective view, NOT the element itself.

Note: The perspective property only affects 3D transformed elements!

Tip: Use this property together with the perspectiveOrigin property, which allows you to change the bottom position of 3D elements.

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Property
perspective	36.0	10.0	16.0	6.1	23.0

Syntax

Return the perspective property:

object.style.perspective

Set the perspective property:

object.style.perspective = "length|none"

Property Values

Value	Description
length	How far the element is placed from the view
none	Default value. Same as 0. The perspective is not set
initial	Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial
inherit	Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit

Technical Details

Default Value:	none
Return Value:	A String, representing the perspective property of an element
CSS Version	CSS3

JavaScript Style Object: perspectiveOrigin property

CSS reference: perspective property