Detailed explanation of CSS mask-image property

This time I will bring you a detailed explanation of the mask-image attribute of CSS. What are the precautions for using the mask-image attribute of CSS? The following is a practical case, let’s take a look. CSS mask The mask attribute has a very long history, even older than CSS3 border-radius and other attributes. It first appeared on the Safari browser and can be traced back to 2009.

But at that time, the mask could only be used as an experimental attribute and used for some special effects. After all, that era was still the era of

. Although the properties were good, their value was limited. But now the situation has changed a lot. In addition to IE and Edge browsers not supporting it, Firefox, Chrome and mobile terminals have all supported it, and its actual application value is no longer the same. In particular, the Firefox browser, starting from version 55, has fully supported the CSS3 mask attribute. Moreover, the mask attribute specification has been included in the list of candidate recommended specifications. It will be said that it is a certainty that it will enter the established specification standards in the future. You can rest assured to learn it, and it will be useful in the future.

In the past, the CSS mask attribute was mask: xxx when used, but now with the standardization of this attribute, the mask attribute has actually become many mask-* The abbreviation of , which has the same properties as

, border. For specific abbreviations of which attributes, please refer to the following list:

mask-image
mask-mode
mask-repeat
mask-
4. position

mask- clip
mask-origin
mask-size
mask-type
mask-composite
Let’s first introduce the usage of the mask-image attribute.

mask-image refers to the

resource used for masking. The default value is none, which is a no-mask image. Therefore, similar to the border-style attribute in the border attribute, it is an attribute value that must be set if it is to have an effect. Mask-image mask supports a wide range of image types, which can be url() static image resources, and formats including JPG, PNG and SVG are supported; it can also be dynamically generated images. For example, pictures drawn using various CSS3 gradients. Grammatically, it supports various CSS3 gradients, as well as the url() function, image() function, and even element() function. It also supports multiple backgrounds, so in theory, we can use mask-image to mask any graphics we want, which is very powerful.

Seeing is believing, we use a large number of cases to demonstrate the power of mask-image.

First of all, the original images used in all the following cases are as follows:

Let’s first show the most basic png image mask display.

CSS code is as follows:

.mask-image {
    width: 250px; height: 187.5px;
    -webkit-mask-image: url(loading.png);
    mask-image: url(loading.png);
}

HTML code is as follows:

<img src="ps1.jpg" class="mask-image">

The final effect is as shown below:

From the most basic case above, we can see that the so-called mask means that the original image only displays the non-transparent part of the masked image. For example, in this case, the colored part of the loading ring is the outer ring, so in the end we see that the effect is the original picture, with only the rings exposed one by one. And the semi-transparent areas are also accurately masked and displayed.

Therefore, we rarely use jpg images as mask images, because jpg images must be completely opaque, and the final effect is that nothing can be seen in the original image.

In addition, if loading.png fails to load, the original image will not be displayed directly in Firefox and Chrome browsers.

Then let’s look at an SVG graphic masking effect display.

css code is as follows:

.mask-image {
    width: 250px; height: 187.5px;
    -webkit-mask-image: url(star.svg);
    mask-image: url(star.svg);
}

html code is as follows:

<img src="ps1.jpg" class="mask-image">

最终的效果和上图相似。

上面是将svg作为背景图来实现的，现在我们再使用SVG图形中元素作为遮罩元素来实现它。

CSS 代码如下：

.mask-image {
    width: 250px; height: 187.5px;
    -webkit-mask-image: url(#mask);
    mask-image: url(#mask);
    /* Firefox外链也支持 */
    /* mask-image: url(ellipse-rect.svg#mask); */
}

html代码如下：

<img src="ps1.jpg" class="mask-image">

再使用SVG元素内联SVG的，看下面的实现。

CSS 代码：

.mask-image {
    width: 250px; height: 187.5px;
    -webkit-mask-image: url(#mask);
    mask: url(#mask);
    mask-image: url(#mask);
    /* Firefox外链也支持 */
    /* mask-image: url(ellipse-rect.svg#mask); */
}

SVG实现的代码：

<svg>
    <defs>   
        <mask id="mask" maskContentUnits="objectBoundingBox">
            <!-- 柔化边缘 www.xttblog.com-->
            <ellipse cx=".5" cy=".5" rx=".48" ry=".28" fill="black"></ellipse>
            <rect x=".2" y="0" width=".6" height="1" rx=".1" ry=".1" fill="black"></rect>
            <!-- 主体遮罩 -->
            <ellipse cx=".5" cy=".5" rx=".4" ry=".2" fill="white"></ellipse>
            <rect x=".3" y=".1" width=".4" height=".8" rx=".1" ry=".1" fill="white"></rect>
        </mask>
    </defs>   
</svg>
<svg width="250" height="186">
    <image xlink:href="ps1.jpg" class="mask-image" width="250" height="186"></image>
</svg>

无论是clip-path还是这里的mask，外链SVG特性的支持一定是比内联SVG弱的。既然Chrome浏览器连普通HTML的内联SVG的都不支持，自然肯定不支持这里的外链SVG文件元素的遮罩支持。

那之前表现良好的Firefox浏览器呢？

比较幸运，Firefox浏览器最近支持了任意元素外链SVG文件的，为什么说最近呢？我看了下我现在的Firefox，显示最新版，版本是56，然后Firefox支持任意元素可以使用外链SVG 元素作为遮罩是版本55开始了。

至于上面的，任意元素内联SVG 的支持，Firefox很早就已经支持。

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