transform-style

The transform-style CSS property sets whether children of an element are positioned in the 3D space or are flattened in the plane of the element.

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If flattened, the element's children will not exist on their own in the 3D-space.

As this property is not inherited, it must be set for all non-leaf descendants of the element.

Syntax

/* Keyword values */
transform-style: flat;
transform-style: preserve-3d;

/* Global values */
transform-style: inherit;
transform-style: initial;
transform-style: unset;

Values

flat

Indicates that the children of the element are lying in the plane of the element itself.

preserve-3d

Indicates that the children of the element should be positioned in the 3D-space.

Formal syntax

flat | preserve-3d

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Using CSS transforms