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The translate() function is an inbuilt function which is used to reposition an element in a horizontal and vertical direction. 

Syntax:

translate( tx )

or

translate( tx, ty )

Parameters:

  • tx: This parameter holds the length of translation corresponding to x-axis.
  • ty: This parameter holds the length of translation corresponding to y-axis. If its value is not defined then it takes 0 as default value.

Below examples illustrate the translate() function in CSS: 

Example 1: 

html




<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html
  
<head
    <title>CSS translate() function</title
  
    <style
        body {
            text-align:center;
        }
        h1 {
            color:green;
        }
        .translate_image {
            transform: translate(100px, 0);
        }
    </style
</head
  
<body
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>CSS translate() function</h2>
      
    <h4>Original Image</h4>
    <img src
        alt="GeeksforGeeks logo">
    <br>
      
    <h4>Translate image</h4>
    <img class="translate_image" src
        alt="GeeksforGeeks logo"
</body
  
</html>


Output:

  

Example 2: 

html




<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html
  
<head
    <title>CSS translate() function</title
  
    <style
        body {
            text-align:center;
        }
        h1 {
            color:green;
        }
        .GFG {
            font-size:35px;
            font-weight:bold;
            color:green;
        }
        .geeks {
            transform: translate(100px, 100px);
        }
    </style
</head
  
<body
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>CSS translate() function</h2>
      
    <h4>Original Element</h4>
    <div class="GFG">Welcome to GeeksforGeeks</div>
      
    <h4>Translated Element</h4>
    <div class="GFG geeks">Welcome to GeeksforGeeks</div
</body
</html>


Output:

  

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by translate() function are listed below:

  • Google Chrome 1
  • Edge 12
  • Internet Explorer 9
  • Firefox 3.5
  • Safari 3.1
  • Opera 10.5


Last Updated : 07 Jun, 2023
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