The spec says transform should apply to block-level and inline-level elements: http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-2d-transforms/#transform-property
applying a transform:rotate(18deg) to an element with display: inline doesn’t work
Webkit r84295, Chrome 10 and Safari 5.04 fail
Firefox 4 and Opera 11.10 work as expected
Same results on iPad 2, iOS 4.3.2, inline star doesn't rotate.
duh, obviously that's the reason for filing this bug :)
Thanks for the iOS check Thomas, and the link Dean! Following up from Dean, the relevant text in the link is:
“I propose that CSS Transforms be limited to block-level elements, and inline elements that are never split into multiple boxes (i.e. replaced elements, inline-block and inline-table)”
The spec change mentioned in the link is:
“Applies to: block-level and atomic inline-level elements”
As I should have mentioned the workaround for transforming inline elements is to use display: inline-block;. However, single characters would qualify as atomic, so even in the editor’s draft I still think this is a bug ;)
From the CSS 2.1 spec (http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/visuren.html#inline-boxes):
"An inline box is one that is both inline-level and whose contents participate in its containing inline formatting context. A non-replaced element with a 'display' value of 'inline' generates an inline box. Inline-level boxes that are not inline boxes (such as replaced inline-level elements, inline-block elements, and inline-table elements) are called atomic inline-level boxes because they participate in their inline formatting context as a single opaque box."
<span> is inline-level (display: inline), non-replaced (not an img or embedded document), and therefore an inline box (non-replaced + display: inline). Regardless of whether the content is a single character, <span> is therefore not atomic (it is an inline box).
So this is not a bug in the editor's draft :)
If the spec says that inline elements should not be transformed, then the spec is wrong.
I need to be able to apply transforms to individual letters in the context of words which comply to line wrapping rules.
Setting inline-block on a single letter (or series of letters) screws that up entirely.
Please fix this ASAP (both the draft and Webkit).
(In reply to comment #6)
> If the spec says that inline elements should not be transformed, then the spec is wrong.
Please participate in the discussion on the www-style mailing list if you have feedback on the spec.
Created attachment 95714 [details]
Demonstration of isolating characters in inline-block so that transforms can be applied
However, this doesn't work correctly with line wrapping. There should be a way to make it work though.
Created attachment 95715 [details]
Demonstration of isolating characters in inline-block so that transforms can be applied (2)
This version wraps the word itself in an inline-block span so that it doesn't break across lines. I'm pretty sure this is exactly the use case that Brian claims is broken - Brian does this do what you want it to?