How to rotate a single character using Css3? - css

Question

I have been having trouble understanding how css3 rotations work. I have seen many examples and tried to implent my own, but to no avail. My goal is to have a link spin a single character I.e. text >> (+) on click. What I want to achieve is to have the animation start farily slow speed up rapidly then stop all in a couple seconds or less.
I don't know if that is particularly possible with Css3, if not I will use Jquery. However I have tried to wrap my head around the keyframes thing. I know I need a kit for each browser specifically to create the animation and add the attributes. After which I need to set the rules for keyframes and rotation degrees. But every time I try to write the code I get errors almost as if it's a syntax error. (somehere in here apparently.)
#-ms-keyframes spin {
from { -ms-transform: rotate(0deg); }
to { -ms-transform: rotate(360deg); }
}
#-moz-keyframes spin {
from { -moz-transform: rotate(0deg); }
to { -moz-transform: rotate(360deg); }
}
#-webkit-keyframes spin {
from { -webkit-transform: rotate(0deg); }
to { -webkit-transform: rotate(360deg); }
}
#keyframes spin {
from {
transform:rotate(0deg);
}
to {
transform:rotate(360deg);
}
}
I have spent almost an hour looking at that specific code, not a single syntax error. If anyone that can help with my problem would I would be greatful.
Js Fiddle
This is basically what I am after but I want to click and spin it.

Answer 1

Reduce the duration to speed it up.
animation-duration: 2000ms;
Animation timing function will give you the faster spin near the end of the animation.
animation-timing-function: ease-in;
For this to be a bit more flexible I'd separate your animation CSS3 from the div and into its own class so you can add it on the initial click.
div.spin {
-webkit-animation-name: spin;
-webkit-animation-duration: 2000ms;
-webkit-animation-iteration-count: 1;
-webkit-animation-timing-function: ease-in;
-moz-animation-name: spin;
-moz-animation-duration: 2000ms;
-moz-animation-iteration-count: 1;
-moz-animation-timing-function: ease-in;
-ms-animation-name: spin;
-ms-animation-duration: 2000ms;
-ms-animation-iteration-count: 1;
-ms-animation-timing-function: ease-in;
animation-name: spin;
animation-duration: 2000ms;
animation-iteration-count: 1;
animation-timing-function: ease-in;
}
You'll need to use javascript to trigger the animation on click and to restart the animation.
var $div = $("div");
$div.click(function (e) {
// restart animation
$(this).addClass("spin");
var el = $(this),
newone = el.clone(true);
el.before(newone);
$("." + el.attr("class") + ":last").remove();
});
See the full working example here