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The CSS Offset Property

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Published Aug 8, 2017
Updated Jan 6, 2020

CSS offset property

The CSS offset property allows you animate an element by defining a specific path. It is an experimental property, so always check the browser support info.

CSS offset is a shorthand for five subproperties:

  • offset-anchor
  • offset-distance
  • offset-path
  • offset-position
  • offset-rotate

All of them can also be used individually. However, the subproperties are experimental as well.

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Syntax and property values

As all shorthands in CSS, offset requires you to list the values for each subproperty in a row:

offset: path distance rotate anchor;

The subproperties and their values are explained in the table below.

Subproperty Default value Definition
offset-anchor auto Defines the point traveling along the path in keywords, length units, percentages or edge offset values
offset-distance 0 Defines the element's position in the path in percentages
offset-path none Defines the motion path in SVG coordinates
offset‑position auto The initial position of the element
offset-rotate auto Defines the element's orientation in the path in angles

Note: in its early versions, the offset CSS property was also called motion.

Browser support

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Chrome
55+
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Edge
-
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Firefox
-
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IE
-
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Opera
42+
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Safari
-

Mobile browser support

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Chrome
55+
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Firefox
-
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Opera
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Safari
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