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When you skew an element, it gives the transformed element a slanted appearance. In this video, you'll learn how to use skew functions to distort elements horizontally and vertically.
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skewX()applies a horizontal skew to an element. -
skewY()applies a vertical skew to an element. - A negative value skews the content in the opposite direction.
- The skew functions, like other transform functions, will transform all the children of an element.
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In this video you'll learn how you can
use the skew function to distort elements
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on the horizontal left to right axis and
on the vertical up and down axis.
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So when you skew an element, it gives
the transformed element a slanted or
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twisted appearance like in this example.
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So notice how the div on
the left tilts horizontally and
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the div on the right is
distorted vertically.
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So I can apply a horizontal skew to any
element with the skewX transform option.
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So let's see what applying a skew to
the images here on Hover looks like.
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Back in my style sheet,
I'm going to replace the rotate function
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with the skewX function and
set the value to 10 degrees.
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When I refresh the browser and
hover over an image,
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notice how the skewX
function slants an image
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ten degrees from the center of its
original position on the x axis.
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You'll notice how the top sides of the
images slant to the left by ten degrees,
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while the bottom side slants to the right.
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Now a negative value will skew
the content in the opposite direction.
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So the value -10 reverses the skew
direction we saw earlier.
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And if I change the function
from skewX to skewY.
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Now it tilts an image negative
ten degrees on the y axis.
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So notice how a negative value
sort of pulls the top right and
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bottom left corners in
the opposite directions.
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So the images stretch and
tilt up from the top right corner.
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Now, a positive value
creates the opposite effect.
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So for example,
the value 10 degrees skews the images in
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the opposite direction on the y axis.
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The skew function,
like other transform functions,
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will transform all
the children of an element.
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So if I go back to my style sheet and
target the main content div
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and apply a skew on the x axis with skewX.
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And set the value to say, 15 degrees.
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Notice how it skews all
the content on the page.
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Now you probably wouldn't want to use
skewX for something like this, but
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skewing elements here and there can make
your layouts more playful and interesting.
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For example, the Front-End Design
Conference website lays out its
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content in a clever and creative way,
using the skew X function.
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So if you inspect the red div
elements using the Chrome DevTools.
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You'll see that a skewX of 15 degrees
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has been applied to the top and
bottom div.
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And the center div is skewed
in the opposite direction
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with a skew x of negative 15 degrees.
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So this is an excellent real world
example of skew being used on a website.
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So go ahead and experiment with
the different skew functions and
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values and
in the next video you're going to learn
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how to scale the size of your content
using the scale transform function.
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