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CSS3 rotate background image only, not element.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta name="description" content="CSS3 rotate background image only, not element" />
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>Background Image Transformations</title>
<style>
body
{
font-family: arial, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
color: #fff;
background-color: #ddd;
}
h1
{
font-size: 1.5em;
font-weight: normal;
margin: 0;
}
#element0, #element1, #element2, #element3
{
width: 12em;
font-size: 2em;
text-align: center;
line-height: 5em;
margin: 3em auto;
border: 2px solid #666;
border-radius: 7px;
}
#element0, #element1
{
background: url(http://localhost:5455/images/blue-bg2.jpg) 0 0 repeat;
}
#element1, #element3
{
-webkit-transform: rotate(90deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(90deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(90deg);
-o-transform: rotate(90deg);
transform: rotate(90deg);
}
#element2, #element3
{
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
}
#element2:before, #element3:before
{
content: "";
position: absolute;
width: 200%;
height: 200%;
top: -50%;
left: -50%;
z-index: -1;
background: url(http://localhost:5455/images/blue-bg2.jpg) 0 0 repeat;
}
#element2:before
{
-webkit-transform: rotate(90deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(90deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(90deg);
-o-transform: rotate(90deg);
transform: rotate(90deg);
}
#element3:before
{
-webkit-transform: rotate(-90deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-90deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(-90deg);
-o-transform: rotate(-90deg);
transform: rotate(-90deg);
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Background Image Transformations</h1>
<div id="element0">No Transformation</div>
<div id="element1">Transformed Element</div>
<div id="element2">Transformed Background</div>
<div id="element3">Fixed Background</div>
</body>
</html>
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