CSS Properties: How to rotate an element using CSS

Last update on February 24 2024 12:26:54 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution:

HTML Code :

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Declares the document type and version of HTML -->
<html><!-- Begins the HTML document -->
<head><!-- Contains metadata and links to external resources -->
<title>How to rotate an element using CSS</title><!-- Sets the title of the document -->
<style type="text/css"> /* Starts CSS styling */
div {
    width: 200px; /* Sets the width of div elements to 200 pixels */
    height: 100px; /* Sets the height of div elements to 100 pixels */
    background-color: #3300FF; /* Sets the background color of div elements to dark blue */
    /* Rotate division */
    -ms-transform: rotate(10deg); /* Applies a rotation transformation for Microsoft browsers */
    -webkit-transform: rotate(35deg); /* Applies a rotation transformation for WebKit-based browsers */
    transform: rotate(10deg); /* Applies a rotation transformation for other browsers */
}
</style><!-- Ends CSS styling -->
</head><!-- Ends the head section -->
<body><!-- Begins the body of the document -->
<h1><strong>w3resource Tutorial</strong></h1><!-- Displays a level 1 heading with bold text "w3resource Tutorial" -->
<div>Web Development Tutorial</div><!-- Displays a div element with the text "Web Development Tutorial" -->
</body><!-- Ends the body section -->
</html><!-- Ends the HTML document -->

Explanation:

This HTML document demonstrates how to rotate an element using CSS.
The div element is styled with specific width, height, and background color.
CSS comments are added to explain the rotation transformation applied to the div element using different vendor prefixes (-ms-transform, -webkit-transform, and transform).
The rotation angle is set to 10 degrees for most browsers, with a different angle of 35 degrees applied specifically for WebKit-based browsers to ensure cross-browser compatibility.

Live Demo:

See the Pen transform-answer by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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