How can I rotate an HTML <div> 90 degrees?

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user1808433 picture user1808433 · Jan 9, 2013 · Viewed 427.9k times · Source

I have a <div> that I want to rotate 90 degrees:

<div id="container_2"></div>

How can I do this?

Answer

Dziad Borowy picture Dziad Borowy · Jan 9, 2013

You need CSS to achieve this, e.g.:

#container_2 {
    -webkit-transform: rotate(90deg);
    -moz-transform: rotate(90deg);
    -o-transform: rotate(90deg);
    -ms-transform: rotate(90deg);
    transform: rotate(90deg);
}

Demo: 

#container_2 {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  border: 1px solid red;
  -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);
  -moz-transform: rotate(45deg);
  -o-transform: rotate(45deg);
  -ms-transform: rotate(45deg);
  transform: rotate(45deg);
}
<div id="container_2"></div>

(There's 45 degrees rotation in the demo, so you can see the effect)

Note: The -o- and -moz- prefixes are no longer relevant and probably not required. IE9 requires -ms- and Safari and the Android browser require -webkit-

Update 2018: Vendor prefixes are not needed anymore. Only transform is sufficient. (thanks @rinogo)

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