Detecting 'transform: translate3d' support

Question

Does anyone know how I would detect transform: translate3d(x,y,z) support is available?

My issue is that I want to use translate3d across b

Answer 1

Bootstrap uses following Code:

@media all and (transform-3d), (-webkit-transform-3d) {
    .carousel-inner > .carousel-item {
        transition: transform 0.6s ease-in-out;
        backface-visibility: hidden;
        perspective: 1000px;
    }
    .carousel-inner > .carousel-item.next,
    .carousel-inner > .carousel-item.active.right {
        left: 0;
        transform: translate3d(100%, 0, 0);
    }
    .carousel-inner > .carousel-item.prev,
    .carousel-inner > .carousel-item.active.left {
        left: 0;
        transform: translate3d(-100%, 0, 0);
    }
    .carousel-inner > .carousel-item.next.left,
    .carousel-inner > .carousel-item.prev.right,
    .carousel-inner > .carousel-item.active {
        left: 0;
        transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
    }
}

Answer 2

//The following is based on iScroll4's tests to determine if a browser supports CSS3 3D     transforms.
var has3d = function() {
    return ('WebKitCSSMatrix' in window && 'm11' in new WebKitCSSMatrix());
}

Answer 3

just simply use:

alert($.support.cssTransform3d);

this alerts true if supported and false if not

Answer 4

Was tinkering around with a way to check for 3d support.. used this implementation from Jeffery Way in this article. Allows for less code and more use cases ;)

/**
* Test For CSS3 property support
* use 'perspective' to test for 3d support
*/
var supports = (function() {

    'use strict';

    var div = document.createElement('div'),
        vendors = 'Khtml ms O Moz Webkit'.split(' '),
        len = vendors.length;

    return function(prop) {

        if (prop in div.style) return true;

        prop = prop.replace(/^[a-z]/, function(val) {
            return val.toUpperCase();
        });

        while(len--) {
            if (vendors[len] + prop in div.style) {
                return true;
            } 
        }

        return false;
    };
})();

if(supports('perspective')) {
    // do 3d stuff
}

Answer 5

This code is adjusted for testing 3D transforms support and other CSS3 features.

The plus of this code is that it detects the vendor prefix supported (if any). Call it:

testCSSSupport('transform')

Possible return values:

false, when feature unsupported, or

{
    vendor: 'moz',
    cssStyle: '-moz-transform',
    jsStyle: 'MozTransform'
}

when feature supported

/**
 * Test for CSS3 feature support. Single-word properties only by now.
 * This function is not generic, but it works well for transition and transform at least
 */
testCSSSupport: function (feature, cssTestValue/* optional */) {
    var testDiv,
        featureCapital = feature.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + feature.substr(1),
        vendors = ['', 'webkit', 'moz', 'ms'],
        jsPrefixes = ['', 'Webkit', 'Moz', 'ms'],
        defaultTestValues = {
            transform: 'translateZ(0.5em) rotateY(10deg) scale(2)'
           // This will test for 3D transform support
           // Use translateX to test 2D transform
        },
        testFunctions = {
            transform: function (jsProperty, computed) {
                return computed[jsProperty].substr(0, 9) === 'matrix3d(';
            }
        };

    function isStyleSupported(feature, jsPrefixedProperty) {
        if (jsPrefixedProperty in testDiv.style) {
            var testVal = cssTestValue || defaultTestValues[feature],
                testFn = testFunctions[feature];
            if (!testVal) {
                return false;
            }

            //Assume browser without getComputedStyle is either IE8 or something even more poor
            if (!window.getComputedStyle) {
                return false;
            }

            testDiv.style[jsPrefixedProperty] = testVal;
            var computed = window.getComputedStyle(testDiv);

            if (testFn) {
                return testFn(jsPrefixedProperty, computed);
            }
            else {
                return computed[jsPrefixedProperty] === testVal;
            }
        }
    }

    //Create a div for tests and remove it afterwards
    if (!testDiv) {
        testDiv = document.createElement('div');
        document.body.appendChild(testDiv);
        setTimeout(function () {
            document.body.removeChild(testDiv);
            testDiv = null;
        }, 0);
    }

    var cssPrefixedProperty,
        jsPrefixedProperty;

    for (var i = 0; i < vendors.length; i++) {
        if (i === 0) {
            cssPrefixedProperty = feature;  //todo: this code now works for single-word features only!
            jsPrefixedProperty = feature;   //therefore box-sizing -> boxSizing won't work here
        }
        else {
            cssPrefixedProperty = '-' + vendors[i] + '-' + feature;
            jsPrefixedProperty = jsPrefixes[i] + featureCapital;
        }

        if (isStyleSupported(feature, jsPrefixedProperty)) {
            return {
                vendor: vendors[i],
                cssStyle: cssPrefixedProperty,
                jsStyle: jsPrefixedProperty
            };
        }
    }

    return false;
}

Answer 6

Using jQuery:

var cssTranslate3dSupported = false;
(function()
{
    var div = $('<div style="position:absolute;">Translate3d Test</div>');
    $('body').append(div);
    div.css(
    {
        'transform' : "translate3d(20px,0,0)",
        '-moz-transform' : "translate3d(20px,0,0)",
        '-webkit-transform' : "translate3d(20px,0,0)",
        '-o-transform' : "translate3d(20px,0,0)",
        '-ms-transform' : "translate3d(20px,0,0)"
    });
    cssTranslate3dSupported = (div.offset().left == 20);
    div.empty().remove();
})();