Position AFTER transform in CSS?
Consider the following attempt to rotate a paragraph 90 degrees and position it so that the corner that was initially its top-left corner (and which therefore becomes its top-right corner after the rotation) ends up located at the top-right corner of the parent block.
HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<div id="outer">
<p id="text">Foo bar</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
CSS:
#outer {
border: solid 1px red;
width:600px;
height: 600px;
position: relative;
}
#text {
transform: rotate(90deg);
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
}
In Firefox 19.0.2 on OS X 10.6.8, it fails. This appears to be because, despite the order in which the CSS properties were given, the transformation is applied after the positioning. In other words, the browser:
- places
#textsuch that its top-right corner is located at the top-right corner of the parent block, but only then - rotates it, with the result that what is now its top-right corner is not located at the top-right corner of the parent block.
As a result, the transform-origin property isn't much use here. If, for instance, one used transform-origin: top right; then #text would need to be moved downwards by the width it had before it was rotated.
My question: is there a way to tell the browser to apply the CSS positioning properties after the rotation; and if not, then is there instead a way to move #text downwards (e.g. using top:) by the width it had before it was rotated?
NB. Ideally the solution should not require setting a fixed width: for #text, and must not require JavaScript.
Answer
You can apply more than one transform to an element, and the order does matter. This is the simplest solution: http://jsfiddle.net/aNscn/41/
#outer {
border: solid 1px red;
width:600px;
height: 600px;
position: relative;
}
#text {
background: lightBlue;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
transform: translate(100%) rotate(90deg);
transform-origin: left top;
-webkit-transform: translate(100%) rotate(90deg);
-webkit-transform-origin: left top;
}