Hey all,
So I was playing around with CSS3 and HTML5 on my page trying to keep up to date. I was playing with the rotateY setting of the new CSS transform and I was wondering if there was a way to flip something over that it has two different sides but using only CSS and HTML. I searched the Internet and didn't find any tutorials.
Anyway, I came up with this. (Can also be found at the link above, near the bottom of the page.)
Of course, to see this effect, it must be viewed in a Webkit browser.
HTML
<div class="flip">
<div>
<img src="images/yyc.jpg" alt="Calgary International Airport"/>
<section>
<h3>Image Metadata</h3>
<p><strong>Where:</strong> Calgary International Airport</p>
<p><strong>When:</strong> July 25, 2008</p>
<p><strong>Camera:</strong> Canon EOS 30D</p>
<p><strong>Photographer:</strong> <a href="http://photo.net/photos/Vian" title="Photo.net">Vian Esterhuizen</a></p>
</section>
</div>
</div>
CSS
.flip{
float:left;
position:relative;
width:421px;
height:237px;
background:#111;
border:2px solid #111;
margin:2px 0;
-webkit-transition-property: -webkit-transform, background;
-webkit-transition-duration: 1s, 0;
-webkit-transition-delay: 0, 0.3s;
overflow:hidden;
}
.flip:hover{
-webkit-transform: rotateY(180deg);
}
.flip > div{
position:absolute;
left:0;
top:0;
width:842px;
height:237px;
overflow:hidden;
-webkit-transition-property: left;
-webkit-transition-duration: 0;
-webkit-transition-delay: 0.3s;
}
.flip > div img{
float:left;
width:421px;
height:237px;
-webkit-transition-property: -webkit-transform;
-webkit-transition-duration: 0;
-webkit-transition-delay: 0.3s;
}
.flip > div > section{
float:left;
width:401px;
height:217px;
padding:10px;
background:top right url('../images/esterhuizen-photography.gif') no-repeat;
-webkit-transition-property: -webkit-transform;
-webkit-transition-duration: 0;
-webkit-transition-delay: 0.3s;
}
.flip:hover > div{
left:-421px;
}
.flip:hover > div img, .flip:hover > div > section{
-webkit-transform: rotateY(180deg);
}
Yes, I realize that's probably way too much markup for such a simple action but I wanted to see if it's possible.
So my question is, I made up this technique, but is there a better, more efficient one out there that I didn't find? Or, is there a better/more efficient way to do what I did?
Thank you