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Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The mask-position CSS property sets the initial position, relative to the mask position layer defined by mask-origin for each defined mask image.
/* Keyword values */ mask-position: top; mask-position: bottom; mask-position: left; mask-position: right; mask-position: center; /* values */ mask-position: 25% 75%; /* values */ mask-position: 0px 0px; mask-position: 1cm 2cm; mask-position: 10ch 8em; /* Multiple values */ mask-position: 0px 0px, center; /* Global values */ mask-position: inherit; mask-position: initial; mask-position: unset;
| Initial value | center |
|---|---|
| Applies to | all elements; In SVG, it applies to container elements excluding the <defs> element and all graphics elements |
| Inherited | no |
| Percentages | refer to size of mask painting area minus size of mask layer image (see the text for background-position) |
| Media | visual |
| Computed value | Consists of two keywords representing the origin and two offsets from that origin, each given as an absolute length (if given a <length>), otherwise as a percentage. |
| Animation type | repeatable list of simple list of length, percentage, or calc |
| Canonical order | per grammar |
One or more <position> values, separated by commas.
<position><position>, that is one to four values representing a 2D position regarding the edges of the element's box. Relative or absolute offsets can be given. Note that the position can be set outside of the element's box.<position>#where
<position> = [[ left | center | right | top | bottom | <length-percentage> ] | [ left | center | right | <length-percentage> ] [ top | center | bottom | <length-percentage> ] | [ center | [ left | right ] <length-percentage>? ] && [ center | [ top | bottom ] <length-percentage>? ]]where
<length-percentage> = <length> | <percentage>
#wrapper {
border: 1px solid black;
width: 250px;
height: 250px;
}
#masked {
width: 250px;
height: 250px;
background: blue linear-gradient(red, blue);
mask-image: url(https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/12676/star.svg);
mask-repeat: no-repeat;
mask-position: top right; /* Can be changed in the live sample */
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| CSS Masking Module Level 1 The definition of 'mask-position' in that specification. | Candidate Recommendation | Initial definition |
| Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | 1 -webkit- | ? | 53 | ? | ? | 4 -webkit- |
| Feature | Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge mobile | Firefox for Android | IE mobile | Opera Android | iOS Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | ? | ? | ? | 53 | ? | ? | ? |
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