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formular to calculate width/height (relative to parent) of container with translateZ inside of parent container with perspective


What is the formular to calculate the widths/heights of child elements with translateZ inside of parent container with set perspective (keyword: "parallax") relative to its parents width/height?

I'd like to create a site with parallax effect on both axis. I was able to figure out everything i need for my mockup except one thing. How to calculate the childrens widths/heights when its above 100%. Because of parents perspective and childrens translateZ the childrens widths/heights visually don't align with parents width/height anymore.

The formular to scale the child elements is: 1 + (translateZ * -1) / perspective. But i was not able to find a formular for width/height. BTW: When childrens widths/heights <= 100% everything works fine.
But see the result on the image below when width >= 100% (containers have top offset to make things visible).

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To be correct the approach in my particular case is to let all child elements have visually the same widths/heights.


in SASS (preferred): PEN or SassMeister
in CSS: PEN


links from the specs that could help:
https://www.w3.org/TR/css-transforms-1/#recomposing-to-a-3d-matrix
https://www.w3.org/TR/css-transforms-1/#mathematical-description


"Googled" a lot but didn't find anything pointing me to the right direction. Thanks in advance...

html, body {
  height: 100%;
  overflow: hidden;
  width: 100%;
}

#projection {
  perspective: 1px;
  perspective-origin: 0 0;
  height: 100%;
  overflow: auto;
  width: 100%;
}

.pro {
  transform: scale(1) translate(0px, 0px) translateZ(0px);
  height: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  transform-origin: 0 0;
  transform-style: preserve-3d;
  width: 100%;
}

.pro--1 {
  transform: scale(4) translate(0px, 0px) translateZ(-3px);
  width: 110%;
}

.pro--2 {
  transform: scale(3) translate(0px, 50%) translateZ(-2px);
  width: 110%;
}

.pro--3 {
  transform: scale(2) translate(0px, 100%) translateZ(-1px);
  width: 110%;
}

.pro {
  background: #333;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 5px orange;
  color: orange;
  font-size: 4em;
  line-height: 1em;
  text-align: center;
}

.pro--2 {
  background: rgba(75, 75, 75, 0.5);
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 5px green;
  color: green;
  line-height: 4em;
}

.pro--3 {
  background: rgba(75, 75, 75, 0.5);
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 5px white;
  color: white;
  line-height: 7em;
}
<div id="projection">
  <div class="pro pro--1">pro--1</div>
  <div class="pro pro--2">pro--2</div>
  <div class="pro pro--3">pro--3</div>
</div>

SASS

@mixin  projection($translateZ: 0, $translateX: 0, $translateY: 0, $width: 0, $height: 0, $perspective: $perspective)

  // strip and sanitize units for further calculations
  // units must be "px" for both $translateZ and $perspective
  $unit: unit( $translateZ )
  @if '' != $unit
    $translateZ: $translateZ / ($translateZ * 0 + 1)
    @if 'px' != $unit
      @warn '$translateZ must have "px" as unit!'

  $unit: unit( $perspective )
  @if '' != $unit
    $perspective: $perspective / ($perspective * 0 + 1)
    @if 'px' != $unit
      @warn '$perspective must have "px" as unit!'

  $unit: 0px // yeah - technically this is no unit
  
  // calculate scaling factor
  $scale: 1 + ($translateZ * -1) / $perspective

  // sanitize units for translateX, translateY, translateZ
  $translateZ: $translateZ + $unit
  @if unitless( $translateX )
    $translateX: $translateX + $unit
  @if unitless( $translateY )
    $translateY: $translateY + $unit

  // render css "transform: scale() translate(x, y) translateZ()"
  transform: scale( $scale ) translate($translateX, $translateY) translateZ( $translateZ + $unit )

$width: 110% // 100% works like a charme
$translateZ--1: -3 // "px" will be added in mixin
$translateZ--2: -2
$translateZ--3: -1
$perspective: 1

html, body
  height: 100%
  overflow: hidden
  width: 100%

#projection
  perspective: $perspective + 0px
  perspective-origin: 0 0
  height: 100%
  overflow: auto
  width: 100%

.pro
  @include projection()
  height: 100%
  position: absolute
  transform-origin: 0 0
  transform-style: preserve-3d
  width: 100%

.pro--1
  @include projection( $translateZ--1 )
  width: $width

.pro--2
  @include projection( $translateZ--2, 0, 50% )
  width: $width

.pro--3
  @include projection( $translateZ--3, 0, 100% )
  width: $width

Solution

  • The formular to calculate the widths/heights of child elements with translateZ inside of parent container with set perspective is:
    $scale = 1 + (translateZ * -1) / perspective.


    Where to throw this formular at transform: scale( $scale ).
    perspective is parents perspective value and translateZ is elements translateZ value as well. See snippet at the bottom or SASS mockup as you like.


    So actually the answer was given in the question!
    While this is the correct answer to the asked question this didn't solve my specific problem at all so here is a follow-up-question.


    Credits: @Trolleymusic who at least opened my eyes somehow with his answer.


    CSS example:

    /* formular: 1 + (translateZ * -1) / perspective */
    
    #parent {
      perspective: 10px;
    }
    
    .child--1 { /* 1 + (-100 * -1) / 10 */
      transform: translateZ(-100px) scale( 11 );
    }
    
    .child--2 { /* 1 + (-200 * -1) / 10 */
      transform: translateZ(-200px) scale( 21 );
    }
    
    .child--3 { /* 1 + (1 * -1) / 10 */
      transform: translateZ(1px) scale( 0.9 );
    }