HTML | DOM Style transformOrigin Property

Last Updated : 07 Jun, 2022

Every HTML element has some position on the screen. This position is described using co-ordinate geometry using x-axis and y-axis. The HTML DOM Style transformOrigin Property used to change the position of an HTML div.
It helps in both 2D and 3D transformation.
Syntax:

To set the transformOrigin property:

object.style.transformOrigin="x-value y-value"

To return the transformOrigin property:

object.style.transformOrigin

Return Values: It returns a string value that represents the transform-origin property of an element
x-axis: Placed value of x-axis.
y-axis: Placed value of y-axis.
z-axis: placed value of z-axis in 3D.
initial: Set default value of element.
inherit: Inherit from its parent element

Example: Transform the origin of circle 2.

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>
        HTML | DOM Style transformOrigin Property
    </title>
    <script>
        //the following script will find element 
        // whose id is circle2 and transform
        //it's position to origin
        function myFunction() {
            document.getElementById(
              "circle2").style.transformOrigin = 
              "0 0";
        }
    </script>
  
    <style>
        #circle1 {
            height: 150px;
            width: 150px;
            margin: auto;
            border: 1px solid black;
            border-radius: 50%;
        }
        
        #circle2 {
            width: 150px;
            height: 150px;
            border: 1px solid black;
            background-color: #0f9d58;
            transform: rotate(45deg);
            border-radius: 50%;
        }
        
        #circle3 {
            position: absolute;
            width: 150px;
            height: 150px;
            border: #0f9d58;
            background-color: #0f9d58;
            opacity: 0.5;
            border-radius: 50%;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <button onclick="myFunction()">
      Submit
  </button>
  
    <div id="circle1">
        <div id="circle2"></div>
        <div id="circle3"></div>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

Output

Before clicking on button:

After clicking on button

Note: For safari used "WebkitTransformOrigin" instead of "transformOrigin".
Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by HTML | DOM Style transformOrigin Property are listed below: