--- title: "Is CSS Transform Dead?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/is-css-transform-dead--5uauasiuq source_url: https://blog.webdevsimplified.com/2022-09/css-individual-transform-properties/ type: article source: "Community Picks" published: 2022-09-14T12:00:09.131Z updated: 2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z tags: ["css", "html"] reading_time: 6 upvotes: 27 comments: 2 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Is CSS Transform Dead? **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 6 min read · 27 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary CSS is adding lots of new features and some of the smaller quality of life features they added recently were the addition of the translate, rotate, and scale properties. These properties almost entirely remove the need to use the transform property which is incredibly nice since there are tons of possibilities this opens up that were very difficult if not impossible before. There are a few ways to get around this issue. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@mrtillman** · 2 upvotes > useful info and great code examples. I'll definitely keep this in mind. the new translate, rotate, and scale properties are handy. but, that doesn't mean CSS transform is dead. > > the author claims that these new properties open up "tons" of possibilities, and promised to discuss why this is "such a big deal," but doesn't really deliver there. I was expecting to see more than 2 justifications. > > TLDR: transform is limited because: > 1. you can't combine multiple CSS classes that rely on the transform property (the last one always wins, the others get ignored). > 2. although you can use CSS... **@betweennames** · 2 upvotes > Transform's syntax has always sucked, so these new properties are very welcome. > > I very rarely use them - for relatively obvious reasons - but whenever I had to use them, man.. they've sucked ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#html](https://daily.dev/tags/html) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/is-css-transform-dead--5uauasiuq)