Backface Visibility

import { ApiTable } from "@/components/api-table.tsx"; import { Example } from "@/components/example.tsx"; import { Figure } from "@/components/figure.tsx"; import { ResponsiveDesign } from "@/components/content.tsx";

export const title = "backface-visibility"; export const description = "Utilities for controlling if an element's backface is visible.";

<ApiTable rows={[ ["backface-hidden", "backface-visibility: hidden;"], ["backface-visible", "backface-visibility: visible;"], ]} />

Examples

Basic example

Use the backface-visible utility to show the backface of an element, like a cube, even when it's rotated away from view:

<Figure> <Example> { <div className="flex flex-col justify-around gap-8 text-sm leading-6 font-bold text-white sm:flex-row sm:gap-0"> <div className="flex shrink-0 flex-col items-center"> <p className="mb-3 text-center font-mono text-xs font-medium text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400"> backface-hidden </p> <div className="size-40 p-10"> <div className="size-20 rotate-[0.75_1_0.75_45deg] transform-3d"> <div className="absolute inset-0 translate-z-12 rotate-x-0 bg-sky-300/75 text-center text-4xl leading-20 font-bold text-sky-900 backface-hidden dark:bg-sky-400/85 dark:text-white"> 1 </div> <div className="absolute inset-0 -translate-z-12 rotate-y-180 bg-sky-300/75 text-center text-4xl leading-20 font-bold text-sky-900 opacity-75 backface-hidden dark:bg-sky-400/85 dark:text-white"> 2 </div> <div className="absolute inset-0 translate-x-12 rotate-y-90 bg-sky-300/75 text-center text-4xl leading-20 font-bold text-sky-900 opacity-75 backface-hidden dark:bg-sky-400/85 dark:text-white"> 3 </div> <div className="absolute inset-0 -translate-x-12 -rotate-y-90 bg-sky-300/75 text-center text-4xl leading-20 font-bold text-sky-900 backface-hidden dark:bg-sky-400/85 dark:text-white"> 4 </div> <div className="absolute inset-0 -translate-y-12 rotate-x-90 bg-sky-300/75 text-center text-4xl leading-20 font-bold text-sky-900 opacity-75 backface-hidden dark:bg-sky-400/85 dark:text-white"> 5 </div> <div className="absolute inset-0 translate-y-12 -rotate-x-90 bg-sky-300/75 text-center text-4xl leading-20 font-bold text-sky-900 backface-hidden dark:bg-sky-400/85 dark:text-white"> 6 </div> </div> </div> </div> <div className="flex shrink-0 flex-col items-center"> <p className="mb-3 text-center font-mono text-xs font-medium text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400"> backface-visible </p> <div className="size-40 p-10"> <div className="size-20 rotate-[0.75_1_0.75_45deg] transform-3d"> <div className="absolute inset-0 translate-z-12 rotate-x-0 bg-sky-300/75 text-center text-4xl leading-20 font-bold text-sky-900 backface-visible dark:bg-sky-400/85 dark:text-white"> 1 </div> <div className="absolute inset-0 -translate-z-12 rotate-y-180 bg-sky-300/75 text-center text-4xl leading-20 font-bold text-sky-900 opacity-75 backface-visible dark:bg-sky-400/85 dark:text-white"> 2 </div> <div className="absolute inset-0 translate-x-12 rotate-y-90 bg-sky-300/75 text-center text-4xl leading-20 font-bold text-sky-900 opacity-75 backface-visible dark:bg-sky-400/85 dark:text-white"> 3 </div> <div className="absolute inset-0 -translate-x-12 -rotate-y-90 bg-sky-300/75 text-center text-4xl leading-20 font-bold text-sky-900 backface-visible dark:bg-sky-400/85 dark:text-white"> 4 </div> <div className="absolute inset-0 -translate-y-12 rotate-x-90 bg-sky-300/75 text-center text-4xl leading-20 font-bold text-sky-900 opacity-75 backface-visible dark:bg-sky-400/85 dark:text-white"> 5 </div> <div className="absolute inset-0 translate-y-12 -rotate-x-90 bg-sky-300/75 text-center text-4xl leading-20 font-bold text-sky-900 backface-visible dark:bg-sky-400/85 dark:text-white"> 6 </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> } </Example> </Figure>

Responsive design

<ResponsiveDesign property="backface-visibility" defaultClass="backface-visible" featuredClass="backface-hidden" />