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Lucas Krause
19,924 Pointsrotate() vs. rotateZ()
Why is Guil using rotate() in the rock-boat animation but rotateZ() in the steam animation?
What's the difference between these two transform functions? I already read the MDN documentation on transform functions but unfortunately it didn't help me a lot.
Sure, I know that rotateZ() is more common when using 3D transformations, but when toggling the comments in the following JSFiddles I can't see any difference between the results:
2 Answers
Peter Szerzo
22,661 PointsLucas,
They do the exact same thing. rotateZ means 'rotate about the Z axis', and the Z axis points 'outwards from your screen'. [[ you use the same z-axis when you define a property called the z-index. If two elements overlap and one of them has a higher z-index, that one will be in the front ]]
Here is a w3c link that explains more, including browser support: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_3dtransforms.asp
Peter
Lucas Krause
19,924 PointsAs it turns out rotateZ() is really the same as rotate(). It's also stated in the specification:
rotateZ() = rotateZ( <angle> )
same asrotate3d(0, 0, 1, <angle>), which is also the same asrotate(<angle>).
Lucas Krause
19,924 PointsLucas Krause
19,924 PointsThanks for confirming my assumption :)