picture with border-radius 50% and transform(scale) - css

I have a sqare image wich is turned into a circle by using border-radius: 50%; That works quite well so far. ;) But the next step is difficult to do: I want the image to zoom "nearer" by using transform: scale. I mean: I dont want to change the same size of the image, it should stay with the same diameter. But I want to show a small section of the image. The zooming should be activated on :hover and it should be processed during a period of 0.8s
My code works perfectly in Firefox, but in Chrome and Safari it does not. Where are my mistakes?
My HTML:
<div class="hopp_circle_img">
<img src="... alt="" />
</div>
My CSS:
.hopp_circle_img {
width: 100% !important;
height: 100% !important;
max-width: 100% !important;
max-height: 100% !important;
overflow: hidden;
-moz-border-radius: 50%;
-webkit-border-radius: 50%;
-o-border-radius: 50%;
border-radius: 50%;
}
.hopp_circle_img img {
transition: all 0.8s;
-moz-transition: all 0.8s;
-webkit-transition: all 0.8s;
-o-transition: all 0.8s;
-ms-transition: all 0.8s;
}
.hopp_circle_img img:hover {
display: block;
z-index: 100;
transform: scale(1.25);
-moz-transform: scale(1.25);
-webkit-transform: scale(1.25);
-o-transform: scale(1.25);
-ms-transform: scale(1.25);
}
The problems:
1) Chrome: The "zoom" works, but during the transition-time (o,8s) the image has sqare borders. After the trasition took place, they are rounded.
2) Safari:
The transition-time is ignored, transition takes place immediately, without "soft" zooming.
3) IE: I did not dare to take a look at IE, if it does not even work in Safari and Chrome. ;)
Thanks for your ideas. I tried many different things, none of them worked.
Raphael

With Harry's suggestion to fix the square, this one should work in Safari as well.
First, prefixed properties should be before unprefixed, second, don't use all as in
transition: all ...
name the properties to be transitioned, in this case
transition: transform 0.8s
Note, you need to add back the rest of the prefixed properties
.hopp_circle_img {
position: relative; /* new property added */
width: 100% !important;
height: 100% !important;
max-width: 100% !important;
max-height: 100% !important;
overflow: hidden;
-webkit-border-radius: 50%;
border-radius: 50%;
z-index: 0; /* new property added */
}
.hopp_circle_img img {
-webkit-transition: transform 0.8s; /* re-ordered property, named */
transition: transform 0.8s; /* what to be transitioned */
}
.hopp_circle_img img:hover {
display: block;
z-index: 100;
-webkit-transform: scale(1.25);
transform: scale(1.25);
}
<div class="hopp_circle_img">
<img src="http://lorempixel.com/400/400/nature/1" alt="" />
</div>

OK, I have a first success:
Changing .hopp_circle_img img:hover into .hopp_circle_img:hover fixed the problem in Safari. But it still remains in Chrome.

What fixed this issue for me was:
.hopp_circle_img {
transform: scale(.99);
}

Related

Transform scale working on Chrome but not on Firefox

Once I start animating, on Chrome I get a ripple effect. My circle transform scales up. On Firefox, that exact same animation is ignored for some reason.
$("#animate").click(function() {
$("#square").toggleClass("animate");
$("#fab").toggleClass("ripple");
});
#keyframes ripple {
from {
transform: scale(0)
}
to {
transform: scale(20)
}
}
#square {
position: relative;
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
overflow: hidden;
border: 1px solid red;
transition: background 0.1s linear 0.6s, transform 1s;
transform: rotate(0deg);
}
#fab {
position: absolute;
width: 56px;
height: 56px;
border-radius: 50%;
background: #4FB5AB;
top: 122px;
right: 0;
transform: scale(1);
transition: transform 1s;
}
.ripple {
animation: ripple 1s 0.5s;
transform: scale(20) !important;
/*Duration - delay */
transition: transform 0s 1s !important;
}
.animate {
transform: rotate(90deg) !important;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="square">
<div id="fab"></div>
</div>
<br />
<button id="animate">animate</button>
CodePen Demo
Before I start explaining the problem with your code, here is a word of caution - Do not use transitions and animations together. They generally end up causing problems like the one faced here.
When an animation is specified on an element, it will take complete control over the properties that are being animated unless there is a rule with !important setting. If !important setting is used then that rule takes precedence over the animation. (but unfortunately Chrome and Firefox seem to be handling this case differently).
As per W3C Spec:
CSS Animations affect computed property values. During the execution of an animation, the computed value for a property is controlled by the animation. This overrides the value specified in the normal styling system. Animations override all normal rules, but are overriden by !important rules.
emphasis is mine
In your code, there were two problems and they are as follows:
Within .ripple selector, you were specifying the transition-duration as 0s, which means, there is no transition at all and that the change of transform is an instant one. As explained in the W3C Spec, Firefox seems to be (correctly) giving the control to the rule with !important setting (that is, the transform and transition within .ripple selector) and so it transitions the state change immediately after the specified 1s delay+. Chrome lets animation take control and thus produces the effect you are looking for.
Firefox seems to animate the element quicker than Chrome does and so while a duration of 1s is enough for the animation in Chrome, FF needs it to be 2s to be slower and show the effect.
+ - You can further verify this by removing the !important settings on the rules. Once !important is removed, the animation would take control.
$("#animate").click(function() {
$("#square").toggleClass("animate");
$("#fab").toggleClass("ripple");
});
#keyframes ripple {
from {
transform: scale(0)
}
to {
transform: scale(20)
}
}
#square {
position: relative;
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
overflow: hidden;
border: 1px solid red;
transition: background 0.1s linear 0.6s, transform 1s;
transform: rotate(0deg);
}
#fab {
position: absolute;
width: 56px;
height: 56px;
border-radius: 50%;
background: #4FB5AB;
top: 122px;
right: 0;
transform: scale(1);
transition: transform 1s;
}
#fab.ripple {
animation: ripple 2s 1s;
transform: scale(20);
/*Duration - delay */
transition: transform 1s 1s;
}
#square.animate {
transform: rotate(90deg);
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="square">
<div id="fab"></div>
</div>
<br />
<button id="animate">animate</button>
Finally, please do not use !important unless it is mandatory. Instead just make the selector more specific. In the snippet, I have made it more specific by using the #id.class format.

I'm trying to use this codepen CSS effect but the zooming effect does not quite work.

I am trying to replicate the zoom #1 hover effect from this codepen.
In this codepen demo, the image zoom-in but the container stays the same size.
Here the css for the image
.hover01 figure img {
-webkit-transform: scale(1);
transform: scale(1);
-webkit-transition: .3s ease-in-out;
transition: .3s ease-in-out;
}
.hover01 figure:hover img {
-webkit-transform: scale(1.3);
transform: scale(1.3);
}
The image container also has this code
figure {
width: 300px;
height: 200px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background: #fff;
overflow: hidden;
}
When I'm using it on my page, my image get scaled.
You can see it on this page (password : test )
I'm thinking it probably has to do with the overflow:hidden from the container image, but I'm using a template and using firefox inspectors, it seem like the image div container would be #le_body_row_2_col_1_el_1.element-container.cf.condition_small
I have added an overflow:hidden to this div but still no luck.
So I'm clueless right now. I don't have much experience with css/html template customization. Either it's not the overflow properties that i'm missing or i'm not using it on the right div.
If anyone could help that'd be greatly appreciated. Many thanks.
i have made demo i hope it will help
http://codepen.io/anon/pen/MKyRrM
.hover01 figure img {
-webkit-transform: scale(1);
transform: scale(1);
-webkit-transition: .3s ease-in-out;
transition: .3s ease-in-out;
}
.hover01 figure:hover img {
-webkit-transform: scale(1.3);
transform: scale(1.3);
}
figure {
width: 500px;
height: 450px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background: #fff;
overflow: hidden;
}

Image shifting/jumping after CSS transition effect with scale transform in Firefox

I have a problem in latest Firefox browser version 34 (system: Windows 7, screen width: 1600px). I made effect with zooming images (in some container) after hover on it. I am using transform: scale(1.1) with transition: transform 0.3s ease-in-out. But when I hover on image, and after image zoom in.. it make some strange 1px-shifting. Some rendering browser bug, but I hope that existing some fix for it.
Most important CSS definition and part of HTML code:
figure {
display: block;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
backface-visibility: hidden;
}
figure img {
width: 100%;
transform: scale(1);
transition: transform 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
figure:hover img {
transform: scale(1.1);
}
<figure>
<img class="img-responsive" src="http://lorempixel.com/600/400/fashion/7">
</figure>
Sample with bug is online here: http://templates.silversite.pl/test/jumpingimg/
I saw also that somebody can fix it, but I do not know how, e.g. box "Our recent work" on http://demo.qodeinteractive.com/bridge/
I had a similar problem on my project. All images were position: absolute; and the transform look like that:
figure img{
transform: translate( -50%, 50%) scale(1);
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
}
figure img:hover{
transform: translate( -50%, 50%) scale(1.1);
}
I replace every scale with scale3d and that solved my problem.
The final styles look like that:
figure img{
transform: translate( -50%, 50%) scale3d(1, 1, 1);
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
}
figure img:hover{
transform: translate( -50%, 50%) scale3d(1.1, 1.1, 1);
}
Hope that's will fix your problem
On the link that you provided, http://demo.qodeinteractive.com/bridge/ , if you actually go here: http://demo.qodeinteractive.com/bridge/portfolio/gallery-style-condensed/two-columns-grid/ , you can see that, once looking at dev tools, that they apply a margin of "1px" on left/right side
.projects_holder.hover_text.no_space article .image img {
margin: 0 1px;
}
If you disable that style, you'll see the image move as you're describing when hovering on the image.
Therefore, your CSS for the image should be:
figure img {
width: 100%;
transform: scale(1);
transition: transform 0.3s ease-in-out;
display: block; /* (or inline-block) */
margin: 0 1px;
}
I have just run into this same problem now. The solutions here didn't fix the issue, so I'm posting what I did to get this to work.
Like OP I had a container with oveflow hidden and was the same size as the image inside it. The image would scale on hover to create a 'zoom' effect - but when initially starting and ending the transition, the image was "jumping"/growing a tiny bit on the bottom and right-hand side. This made it jumpy and not smooth.
I had calculated the dimensions of my components based off of percentages, which caused them to be non-integers (Chrome). I have a feeling Scale & Scale3d round the pixel values when scaling, which caused this jump. I gave a parent container display:table, which caused all children to have their width/heights be rounded to be an integer value. This fixed the issue for me, and the images now scale smoothly!
7,5 years later it's still an issue and the now solution is will-change css property. Only IE won't get this, but others seems to be doing fine - no more px jumping (edit: on non retina screens).
figure {
display: block;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
backface-visibility: hidden;
}
figure img {
width: 100%;
transform: scale(1);
transition: transform 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
figure:hover img {
transform: scale(1.1);
will-change: transform;
}
I just run over the same issue and for me it looks like that the browser corrects the decimal pixel after the scaling is done. Or some how the height and the width doesn't get scaled equals and that gets corrected in the end.
So I think the solution is to use an image with a 1 x 1 ration factor.
So for me the code of the question works fine when I use a the lorempixel with a width and height of 400px.
Let me know if that solves the issue?!
figure {
display: block;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
backface-visibility: hidden;
}
figure img {
width: 100%;
transform: scale(1);
transition: transform 0.3s ease-in-out;
}
figure:hover img {
transform: scale(1.1);
}
<figure>
<img class="img-responsive" src="http://lorempixel.com/400/400/fashion/7">
</figure>

3d Navbar That Rotates

I'm trying to create a 3d navbar using pure CSS with transforms, transitions and perspective.
Here is my code:
.navbar-fixed-bottom {
background: transparent;
}
.navbar-perspective {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
position: relative;
-webkit-perspective: 1100px;
-moz-perspective: 1100px;
perspective: 1100px;
-webkit-perspective-origin: 50% 0;
-moz-perspective-origin: 50% 0;
perspective-origin: 50% 0;
}
.navbar-perspective > div {
margin: 0 auto;
position: relative;
text-align: justify;
-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
-moz-backface-visibility: hidden;
backface-visibility: hidden;
-webkit-transition: all 0.5s;
-moz-transition: all 0.5s;
transition: all 0.5s;
height: 50px;
font-size:20px;
}
.navbar-primary {
background-color: #cccccc;
z-index: 2;
-webkit-transform-origin: 0% 100%;
-moz-transform-origin: 0% 100%;
transform-origin: 0% 100%;
}
.navbar .navbar-secondary,
.navbar .navbar-tertiary {
background-color: #bfbfbf;
width: 100%;
-webkit-transform-origin: 0% 0%;
-moz-transform-origin: 0% 0%;
transform-origin: 0% 0%;
z-index: 1;
-webkit-transform: rotateX(-90deg);
-moz-transform: rotateX(-90deg);
transform: rotateX(-90deg);
-webkit-transition: top 0.5s;
-moz-transition: top 0.5s;
transition: top 0.5s;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
}
.navbar .navbar-tertiary {
background-color: #b3b3b3;
}
.navbar-rotate-primary {
height: 50px;
}
.navbar-rotate-primary .navbar-primary {
-webkit-transform: translateY(0%) rotateX(0deg);
-moz-transform: translateY(0%) rotateX(0deg);
transform: translateY(0%) rotateX(0deg);
}
.navbar-rotate-primary .navbar-secondary,
.navbar-rotate-primary .navbar-tertiary {
top: 100%;
-webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 0.5s;
-moz-transition: -moz-transform 0.5s;
transition: transform 0.5s;
-webkit-transform: rotateX(-90deg);
-moz-transform: rotateX(-90deg);
transform: rotateX(-90deg);
}
.navbar-rotate-secondary,
.navbar-rotate-tertiary {
height: 50px;
}
.navbar-rotate-secondary .navbar-primary,
.navbar-rotate-tertiary .navbar-primary {
-webkit-transform: translateY(-100%) rotateX(90deg);
-moz-transform: translateY(-100%) rotateX(90deg);
transform: translateY(-100%) rotateX(90deg);
}
.navbar-rotate-secondary .navbar-secondary,
.navbar-rotate-tertiary .navbar-secondary {
top: 100%;
-webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 0.5s;
-moz-transition: -moz-transform 0.5s;
transition: transform 0.5s;
-webkit-transform: rotateX(0deg) translateY(-100%);
-moz-transform: rotateX(0deg) translateY(-100%);
transform: rotateX(0deg) translateY(-100%);
}
.navbar-rotate-secondary-fallback .navbar-primary,
.navbar-rotate-tertiary-fallback .navbar-primary {
display: none;
}
.navbar-rotate-tertiary .navbar-secondary {
-webkit-transform: translateY(-100%) rotateX(90deg);
-moz-transform: translateY(-100%) rotateX(90deg);
transform: translateY(-100%) rotateX(90deg);
}
.navbar-rotate-tertiary .navbar-tertiary {
top: 100%;
-webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 0.5s;
-moz-transition: -moz-transform 0.5s;
transition: transform 0.5s;
-webkit-transform: rotateX(0deg) translateY(-100%);
-moz-transform: rotateX(0deg) translateY(-100%);
transform: rotateX(0deg) translateY(-100%);
}
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<nav id="navigation-bottom" class="navbar navbar-fixed-bottom">
<div class="navbar-perspective">
<div class="navbar-primary">
Rotate To Face 2
</div>
<div class="navbar-secondary">
Rotate To Face 3
</div>
<div class="navbar-tertiary">
Rotate Back To Face 1
</div>
</div>
</nav>
</body>
</html>
I've got the first two faces to rotate properly using a 3d effect, but the third face does not look right. You will notice as you rotate from second to third that the top does not rotate correctly and looks flat.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Fiddle with a flipping box
This is vastly different from where you started, but let me post my CSS and show you the fiddle, and then I'll edit in a longer explanation of how and why this works:
 
HTML
<section class="container">
<nav id="nav-box" class="show-front">
<div class="front">
Show Bottom
</div>
<div class="bottom">
Show Back</div>
<div class="back">
Show Top</div>
<div class="top">
Show Front</div>
</nav>
</section>
 
CSS
.container {
position: relative;
perspective: 1000px;
transform: scale(0.95);
}
#nav-box {
width: 100%;
height: 50px;
position: absolute;
transform-origin: center center;
transform-style: preserve-3d;
transition: transform 0.5s;
}
#nav-box div {
width: 100%;
height: 50px;
display: block;
position: absolute;
transition: background-color 0.5s;
}
#nav-box .front { transform: rotateX( 0deg ) translateZ( 25px ); background-color: #ccc; }
#nav-box .back { transform: rotateX( 180deg ) translateZ( 25px ); background-color: #ccc; }
#nav-box .top { transform: rotateX( 90deg ) translateZ( 25px ); background-color: #ccc; }
#nav-box .bottom { transform: rotateX( -90deg ) translateZ( 25px ); background-color: #ccc; }
#nav-box.show-front { transform: rotateY( 0deg ); }
#nav-box.show-front .bottom { background-color: #a0a0a0; }
#nav-box.show-front .top { background-color: #e0e0e0; }
#nav-box.show-back { transform: rotateX( -180deg ); }
#nav-box.show-back .bottom { background-color: #e0e0e0; }
#nav-box.show-back .top { background-color: #a0a0a0; }
#nav-box.show-top { transform: rotateX( -90deg ); }
#nav-box.show-top .front { background-color: #a0a0a0; }
#nav-box.show-top .back { background-color: #e0e0e0; }
#nav-box.show-bottom { transform: rotateX( 90deg ); }
#nav-box.show-bottom .front { background-color: #e0e0e0; }
#nav-box.show-bottom .back { background-color: #a0a0a0; }
 
Explanation of the HTML/CSS
Setting up our box
You started thinking about this the wrong way, I hate to say. You approached this as "How can I treat these four sides like a box" rather than "How can I make a box in CSS?"
So let's learn how to make a box.
First, we establish a box container. Since this is a navigation box, let's call it nav-box. All the transforms we apply (save for the shading, which we'll get to later) will be done on our nav-box.
The rules on our nav-box will determine how it behaves as an object. Let's discuss two in particular: transform-origin and transform-style
transform-origin defaults to center center, but I wanted to call it out here. This is basically going to tell our box: Hey, we need you to pivot around your absolute center. If we set this up as transform-origin: center bottom' it would look like the box is spinning around its bottom edge. center top` and it would spin around its top edge. I don't think that's what you want, though.
transform-style needs to be set to preserve-3d. What this does is instruct the browser to not fuss with the elements with transform underneath it. Other options include flat which tells the browser to ignore rotates underneath it. The reason we want to set preserve-3d on our nav-box here is to ensure the transforms we applied to the box sides are preserved when we transform the parent. Neat stuff, huh?
Setting up our sides
We're setting our sides as children of our nav-box and just positioning them in the order that they should be in using rotateX:
0 rotation for the front
180deg for the back
-90deg for the bottom
90deg for the top
We could also set a left and right side right now with .left { transform: rotateY(-90deg); } .right { rotateY(90deg); }. Note that we used the Y axis for those two examples.
Secondly, we set a translateZ value of 25px. So what the hell is this doing? It's telling our boxes they need to move 25px from the center of the parent relative to their respective rotations. Why did we choose 25px? Because it's exactly half the height of each of our boxes. This means that it will flush up nicely with the sides at either edge.
And then the fun part:
We shade the boxes based on their position and what is facing the screen. The background colors are relative to what side of the box we're showing with show-front, show-back, etc. The side on the bottom gets darker, the side on the top gets lighter. I just liked that – totally not necessary to accomplish this task but makes it look a little more realistic.
Hope that helps!
 
Update for IE
Fiddle Example
So, there's not much pretty about this once we get through fixing it up for IE, but here it is. All preserve-3d is doing is applying the transforms for you when we rotate a container, instead of flattening them. If we can't use preserve-3d, we have to calculate based on the amount of total rotation.
This solution does that. I won't go as in-depth on this one, rather than to highlight how much more JavaScript this requires, and to highlight the .rewind class:
#nav-box.rewind div {
backface-visibility: hidden;
}
Because we have to manually rewind this solution, we'll have to prevent the z-index reordering to be applied at the wrong times. That's where backface-visibility comes in.
Example showing depth in IE
Another example without the need for the rewind class
Hope that solves IE for you.
First of all, thank you to all that commented and answered to this question, especially Josh!
Josh, your example works perfectly for browsers that support preserve-3d. The update you posted without preserve-3d appears flat on IE so it was still not perfected for all browsers.
After three days of headaches, I realized the problem. The origin of the sides was not being set correctly. The sides need to rotate around a point that is half way in on the Z axis.
Once I've updated the origin to :
transform-origin: 25px 25px -25px;
Once this was correct, all you really need to do is update the rotation of the object. No need to use any transformation of the X,Y,Z coordinates.
Here's the fiddle and the solution for a 3D Navigation bar that rotates and works for all browsers including IE10+.
http://jsfiddle.net/tx0emcxe/

How to Flip a div and show different sized content on front and back?

I'm trying to create a div "flipcard" element that contains different sized content on the front and back.
The HTML:
<div class="flipcard">
<div class="face front">Front</div>
<div class="face back">Back ... put some long text here ... </div>
</div>
The Javascript just adds and removes a "flipped" class:
$('.flipcard').click(function(e) {
var $card = $(this);
if ($card.hasClass("flipped")) $card.removeClass('flipped');
else $card.addClass('flipped');
});
All the magic happens in the CSS:
.flipcard {
margin: 1em auto;
width: 80%;
/* I don't want to set the height because
we don't know the size of the content */
border: solid 1em white;
border-radius: 0.5em;
font-family: Georgia;
-webkit-perspective: 800;
-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;
-webkit-transition: 0.5s;
cursor: pointer;
}
.flipcard:hover {
box-shadow: 0 0 1em black;
}
.flipcard.flipped {
-webkit-transform: rotatey(-180deg);
}
.flipcard .face {
padding: 1em;
text-align: center;
-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
}
.flipcard .front {
background: #220000;
color: white;
}
.flipcard .back {
background: #66eeff;
color: black;
-webkit-transform: rotateY(180deg);
}
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/luken/qdBEV/
As you can see, the content from the front is interfering with the back, and they both stretch the flipcard to the combined height. I'd like the front to show with the proper height of its content and the back to show with the proper height of its content. I've tried making the faces position: absolute and making them go from display: none to display: block on each flip... but nothing works quite right.
Any ideas?
Add proper display:none; and display:block;
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/qdBEV/3/
CSS:
body {
background: #bbb;
}
.flipcard {
perspective: 800;
-moz-perspective: 800;
-webkit-perspective: 800;
margin: 1em auto;
width: 80%;
border: solid 1em white;
border-radius: 0.5em;
font-family: Georgia;
transform-style: preserve-3d;
-moz-transform-style: preserve-3d;
-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;
transition: 0.5s;
-moz-transition: 0.5s;
-webkit-transition: 0.5s;
cursor: pointer;
}
.flipcard:hover {
box-shadow: 0 0 1em black;
}
.flipcard.flipped {
transform: rotatey(-180deg);
-moz-transform: rotatey(-180deg);
-webkit-transform: rotatey(-180deg);
}
.flipcard .face {
padding: 1em;
text-align: center;
backface-visibility: hidden;
-moz-backface-visibility: hidden;
-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
}
.flipcard .front {
background: #220000;
color: white;
display: block; /* added to fix the problem */
}
.flipcard.flipped .front {
display:none; /* added to fix the problem */
}
.flipcard .back {
background: #66eeff;
color: black;
transform: rotateY(180deg);
-moz-transform: rotateY(180deg);
-webkit-transform: rotateY(180deg);
display:none; /* added to fix the problem */
}
.flipcard.flipped .back {
display:block; /* added to fix the problem */
}
I had to implement this problem at work and maybe this post will help others, so here is what I came up with (see jsfiddle). First off, the requirements in my case were a bit tighter than a flipping div with different height faces. Additionally:
There is content below the flip card that has to shift up and down smoothly (e.g. another CSS transiton) while the card flips in order to accommodate for the different heights of the faces.
The content on the faces as well as what is above and below the flip card has to adhere to the responsive design of the page, in other words the card cannot have any fixed CSS dimensions nor absolute positioning.
Support for all major browsers, but only latest versions.
HTML is the same as in the question - one "card" with two "faces":
<div class="flipcard">
<div class="flipcard-front">
<h1>Front</h1>
<p>some shorter content</p>
</div>
<div class="flipcard-back">
<h1>Back</h1>
<p>some long content</p>
...
</div>
</div>
CSS (looks daunting, but actually just a couple of line of LESS):
.flipcard {
position: relative;
height: auto;
min-height: 0px;
/* Flip card styles: WebKit, FF, Opera */
-webkit-perspective: 800px;
-moz-perspective: 800px;
-o-perspective: 800px;
-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;
-moz-transform-style: preserve-3d;
-o-transform-style: preserve-3d;
-webkit-transition: min-height 1s ease-out 0s, -webkit-transform 1s ease-out 0.5s;
-moz-transition: min-height 1s ease-out 0s, -moz-transform 1s ease-out 0.5s;
-o-transition: min-height 1s ease-out 0s, -o-transform 1s ease-out 0.5s;
/* only height adjustment for IE here */
-ms-transition: min-height 1s ease-out 0s;
}
/* The class that flips the card: WebKit, FF, Opera */
.flipcard.card-flipped {
-webkit-transform: rotateY(180deg);
-moz-transform: rotateY(180deg);
-o-transform: rotateY(180deg);
}
.flipcard .flipcard-front,
.flipcard .flipcard-back {
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
/* backface: all browsers */
-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
-moz-backface-visibility: hidden;
backface-visibility: hidden;
/* Flip card styles: IE 10,11 */
-ms-perspective: 800px;
-ms-transform-style: flat;
-ms-transition: -ms-transform 1s ease-out 0.5s;
}
.flipcard .flipcard-front {
position: relative;
display: inline-block;
-webkit-transform: rotateY(0deg);
-ms-transform: rotateY(0deg);
-o-transform: rotateY(0deg);
transform: rotateY(0deg);
}
.flipcard .flipcard-back {
position: absolute;
display: none;
-ms-transform: rotateY(180deg);
-o-transform: rotateY(180deg);
transform: rotateY(180deg);
/* webkit bug: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54371,
You need this fix if you have any input tags on your back face */
-webkit-transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(1px);
}
/* The 2 classes that flip the faces instead of the card: IE 10,11 */
.flipcard .flipcard-front.ms-front-flipped {
-ms-transform: rotateY(180deg);
}
.flipcard .flipcard-back.ms-back-flipped {
-ms-transform: rotateY(0deg);
}
Notes: Unfortunately the latest versions of IE still handle CSS rotations differently than all the others in that it expects each face to be flipped individually instead of flipping the card that contains them. Although webKit browsers, FF and Opera seem to "understand" this, I wanted maximal backward compatibility for those browsers and hence all this ugly browser prefix clutter (google for David Walsh's great post on flip cards). Secondly, I wanted older browsers to at least show the right content and so the invisible (back) face had to be display: none while the visible face had to be display: block-inline to avoid collapsed margins with content above and below the card. Thirdly, the shifting of the content following the flip card can be achieved by controlling the cards min-height property while leaving it's height: auto (credit). Running the shift a bit ahead of the rotation makes it really smooth.
Finally, the Javascript:
function flipCard() {
var card = $('.flipcard');
var front = $('.flipcard-front');
var back = $('.flipcard-back');
var tallerHight = Math.max(front.height(), back.height()) + 'px';
// visible/invisible *before* the card is flipped ;D
var visible = front.hasClass('ms-front-flipped') ? back : front;
var invisible = front.hasClass('ms-front-flipped') ? front : back;
var hasTransitioned = false;
var onTransitionEnded = function () {
hasTransitioned = true;
card.css({
'min-height': '0px'
});
visible.css({
display: 'none',
});
// setting focus is important for keyboard users who might otherwise
// interact with the back of the card once it is flipped.
invisible.css({
position: 'relative',
display: 'inline-block',
}).find('button:first-child,a:first-child').focus();
}
// this is bootstrap support, but you can listen to the browser-specific
// events directly as well
card.one($.support.transition.end, onTransitionEnded);
// for browsers that do not support transitions, like IE9
setTimeout(function() {
if (!hasTransitioned) {
onTransitionEnded.apply();
}
}, 2000);
invisible.css({
position: 'absolute',
display: 'inline-block'
});
card.css('min-height', tallerHight);
// the IE way: flip each face of the card
front.toggleClass('ms-front-flipped');
back.toggleClass('ms-back-flipped');
// the webkit/FF way: flip the card
card.toggleClass('card-flipped');
}
This applies the classes for flipping the card/faces. During the transition, the back face has a position: absolute so it is visible while the card is turned. At the same time, the card's height is transitioned. At the end of the transition, the visible face returns to is position: relative and the card's height is derestricted leaving back a responsive page.
Hope this helps - sorry for this lengthy post, it's my first :)

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