I was experimenting with CSS transforms when I found that filters flatten the transforms, just like transform-style: flat
.
As per W3C Transforms Spec:
The following CSS property values require the user agent to create a flattened representation of the descendant elements before they can be applied, and therefore override the behavior of transform-style: preserve-3d:
overflow
: any value other than visible.
filter
: any value other than none.
clip
: any value other than auto.
clip-path
: any value other than none.
isolation
: used value of isolate.
mask-image
: any value other than none.
mask-box-image-source
: any value other than none.
mix-blend-mode
: any value other than normal.The computed value of transform-style is not affected.
This is the reason why the 3D transforms are broken and the layers are flattened when you toggle on the filters. The one workaround that I know for this situation is creating the entire cube using sibling elements and apply the filter
on the sibling elements directly instead of applying on the parent.
var toggleFilter = function() {
var div = document.getElementById("cube")
if (div.className == "cube") {
div.className = "cube filter"
} else {
div.className = "cube"
}
}
* {
transform-style: preserve-3d
}
div.cube {
position: relative;
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
transform: rotateX(45deg) rotateZ(45deg);
}
div.face0 {
position: absolute;
content: '';
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
top: 0px;
left: 0px;
background: blue;
border: solid 2px black;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
div.face1 {
content: "";
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
background: green;
transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(50px) translateX(50px);
border: solid 2px black;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
div.face2 {
content: "";
height: 100px;
width: 100px;
background: red;
transform: rotateY(90deg) rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(-50px) translateX(50px);
border: solid 2px black;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
div.perspective {
perspective: 900px;
position: absolute;
margin: 50px;
}
.filter .face0,
.filter .face1,
.filter .face2 {
filter: opacity(25%);
-webkit-filter: opacity(25%);
}
<div class="perspective">
<div id="cube" class="cube">
<div class="face0"></div>
<div class="face1"></div>
<div class="face2"></div>
</div>
</div>
<button onclick="toggleFilter()">Toggle .Filter</button>