object-position

Summary

The object-position property determines the alignment of the replaced element inside its box.

Initial value50% 50%
Applies toreplaced elements
Inheritedyes
Percentagesrefer to width and height of element itself
Mediavisual
Computed valueas specified
Animatableyes, as a repeatable list of , a simple list of , a length, percentage or calc(); when both values are lengths, they are interpolated as lengths; when both values are percentages, they are interpolated as percentages; otherwise, both values are converted into a calc() function that is the sum of a length and a percentage (each possibly zero), and these calc() functions have each half interpolated as real numbers.
Canonical orderthe unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

/* <position> values */
object-position: 100px 50px;

/* Global values */
object-position: inherit;
object-position: initial;
object-position: unset;

Values

<position>
Is a <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.

Formal syntax

<position>

Example

HTML Content

<img id="object-position-1" src="https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/6457/mdn_logo_only_color.png" alt="MDN Logo"/>
<img id="object-position-2" src="https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/6457/mdn_logo_only_color.png" alt="MDN Logo"/>

CSS Content

img {
  width: 150px;
  height: 100px;
  border: 1px solid #000;
  background-color: yellow;
  margin-right: 1em;
}

#object-position-1 {
  object-position: 10px;
}

#object-position-2 {
  object-position: 20% 10%;
}

Output

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
CSS Image Values and Replaced Content Module Level 4
The definition of 'object-position' in that specification.
Working Draft The from-image and flip keywords have been added.
CSS Image Values and Replaced Content Module Level 3
The definition of 'object-position' in that specification.
Candidate Recommendation Initial definition

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 31.0 36 (36) No support 11.60-o
19.0
No support[1]
Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support 4.4.4 36 (36) No support 11.5-o
24
No support

[1] WebKit Nightly fixed in bug 122811.

See also

Document Tags and Contributors

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