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Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The mask-clip
CSS property determines the area, which is affected by a mask. The painted content of an element must be restricted to this area.
/* <geometry-box> values */ mask-clip: content-box; mask-clip: padding-box; mask-clip: border-box; mask-clip: margin-box; mask-clip: fill-box; mask-clip: stroke-box; mask-clip: view-box; /* Keyword values */ mask-clip: no-clip; /* Non-standard keyword values */ -webkit-mask-clip: border; -webkit-mask-clip: padding; -webkit-mask-clip: content; -webkit-mask-clip: text; /* Multiple values */ mask-clip: padding-box, no-clip; mask-clip: view-box, fill-box, border-box; /* Global values */ mask-clip: inherit; mask-clip: initial; mask-clip: unset;
Initial value | border-box |
---|---|
Applies to | all elements; In SVG, it applies to container elements excluding the <defs> element and all graphics elements |
Inherited | no |
Media | visual |
Computed value | as specified |
Animation type | discrete |
Canonical order | per grammar |
Syntax
One or more of the keyword values listed below, separated by commas.
Values
content-box
- The painted content is clipped to the content box.
padding-box
- The painted content is clipped to the padding box.
border-box
- The painted content is clipped to the border box.
margin-box
- The painted content is clipped to the margin box.
fill-box
- The painted content is clipped to the object bounding box.
stroke-box
- The painted content is clipped to the stroke bounding box.
view-box
- Uses the nearest SVG viewport as reference box. If a
viewBox
attribute is specified for the element creating the SVG viewport, the reference box is positioned at the origin of the coordinate system established by theviewBox
attribute and the dimension of the reference box is set to the width and height values of theviewBox
attribute. no-clip
- The painted content is not clipped.
border
- This keyword behaves the same as
border-box
. padding
- This keyword behaves the same as
padding-box
. content
- This keyword behaves the same as
content-box
. text
- This keyword clips the mask image to the text of the element.
Formal syntax
[ <geometry-box> | no-clip ]#where
<geometry-box> = <shape-box> | fill-box | stroke-box | view-box
Example
CSS Content
#masked { width: 100px; height: 100px; background-color: #8cffa0; margin: 20px; border: 20px solid #8ca0ff; padding: 20px; mask-image: url(https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/12668/MDN.svg); mask-size: 100% 100%; mask-clip: border-box; /* Can be changed in the live sample */ }
HTML Content
<div id="masked"> </div> <select id="clipBox"> <option value="content-box">content-box</option> <option value="padding-box">padding-box</option> <option value="border-box" selected>border-box</option> <option value="margin-box">margin-box</option> <option value="fill-box">fill-box</option> <option value="stroke-box">stroke-box</option> <option value="view-box">view-box</option> <option value="no-clip">no-clip</option> </select>
JavaScript Content
var clipBox = document.getElementById("clipBox"); clipBox.addEventListener("change", function (evt) { document.getElementById("masked").style.maskClip = evt.target.value; });
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
CSS Masking Module Level 1 The definition of 'mask-clip' in that specification. |
Candidate Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | Yes -webkit- | ? | 53 | No | Yes -webkit- | Yes -webkit- |
border | 1 | ? | ? | No | Yes | 4 |
content | 1 | ? | ? | No | Yes | 4 |
padding | 1 | ? | ? | No | Yes | 4 |
text | 1 | ? | ? | No | Yes | 4 |
Feature | Android webview | Chrome for Android | Edge mobile | Firefox for Android | IE mobile | Opera Android | iOS Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | ? | ? | ? | 53 | No | ? | ? |
border | 2.1 | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | 3.2 |
content | 2.1 | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | 3.2 |
padding | 2.1 | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | 3.2 |
text | 2.1 | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | 3.2 |
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