# translateX()

The `translateX()` CSS function repositions an element horizontally on the 2D plane. Its result is a `<transform-function>` data type.

Note: `translateX(tx)` is equivalent to `translate(tx, 0)` or `translate3d(tx, 0, 0)`.

## Syntax

``````/* <length-percentage> values */
transform: translateX(200px);
transform: translateX(50%);
``````

### Values

`<length-percentage>`
Is a `<length>` or `<percentage>` representing the abscissa of the translating vector. A percentage value refers to the width of the reference box defined by the `transform-box` property.
Cartesian coordinates on ℝ2 Homogeneous coordinates on ℝℙ2 Cartesian coordinates on ℝ3 Homogeneous coordinates on ℝℙ3

A translation is not a linear transformation in ℝ2 and can't be represented using a Cartesian-coordinate matrix.

$\left(\begin{array}{ccc}1& 0& t\\ 0& 1& 0\\ 0& 0& 1\end{array}\right)$ $\left(\begin{array}{ccc}1& 0& t\\ 0& 1& 0\\ 0& 0& 1\end{array}\right)$ $\left(\begin{array}{cccc}1& 0& 0& t\\ 0& 1& 0& 0\\ 0& 0& 1& 0\\ 0& 0& 0& 1\end{array}\right)$
`[1 0 0 1 t 0]`

### Formal syntax

``````translateX(<length-percentage>)
``````

## Examples

### HTML

``````<div>Static</div>
<div class="moved">Moved</div>
<div>Static</div>``````

### CSS

``````div {
width: 60px;
height: 60px;
background-color: skyblue;
}

.moved {
transform: translateX(10px); /* Equal to translate(10px) */
background-color: pink;
}
``````

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