Transforms
backface-visibility
Utilities for toggling whether an element's backface remains visible.
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| backface-hidden | backface-visibility: hidden; |
| backface-visible | backface-visibility: visible; |
Examples
Basic example
Reach for the backface-visible utility to reveal an element's backface, such as one side of a cube, even after it spins away from view:
backface-hidden
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backface-visible
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<div class="size-20 ..."> <div class="translate-z-12 rotate-x-0 bg-sky-300/75 backface-hidden ...">1</div> <div class="-translate-z-12 rotate-y-18 bg-sky-300/75 backface-hidden ...">2</div> <div class="translate-x-12 rotate-y-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-hidden ...">3</div> <div class="-translate-x-12 -rotate-y-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-hidden ...">4</div> <div class="-translate-y-12 rotate-x-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-hidden ...">5</div> <div class="translate-y-12 -rotate-x-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-hidden ...">6</div></div><div class="size-20 ..."> <div class="translate-z-12 rotate-x-0 bg-sky-300/75 backface-visible ...">1</div> <div class="-translate-z-12 rotate-y-18 bg-sky-300/75 backface-visible ...">2</div> <div class="translate-x-12 rotate-y-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-visible ...">3</div> <div class="-translate-x-12 -rotate-y-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-visible ...">4</div> <div class="-translate-y-12 rotate-x-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-visible ...">5</div> <div class="translate-y-12 -rotate-x-90 bg-sky-300/75 backface-visible ...">6</div></div>Responsive design
Add a breakpoint variant such as md: ahead of a backface-visibility utility so it takes effect only at medium screen sizes and larger:
<div class="backface-visible md:backface-hidden ..."> <!-- ... --></div>Read more about applying variants in the variants documentation.
