How can I draw vertical text with CSS cross-browser?
Updated this answer with recent information (from CSS Tricks). Kudos to Matt and Douglas for pointing out the filter implementation.
.rotate {
-webkit-transform: rotate(-90deg);
-moz-transform: rotate(-90deg);
-ms-transform: rotate(-90deg);
-o-transform: rotate(-90deg);
transform: rotate(-90deg);
/* also accepts left, right, top, bottom coordinates; not required, but a good idea for styling */
-webkit-transform-origin: 50% 50%;
-moz-transform-origin: 50% 50%;
-ms-transform-origin: 50% 50%;
-o-transform-origin: 50% 50%;
transform-origin: 50% 50%;
/* Should be unset in IE9+ I think. */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(rotation=3);
}
Old answer:
For FF 3.5 or Safari/Webkit 3.1, check out: -moz-transform (and -webkit-transform). IE has a Matrix filter(v5.5+), but I'm not certain how to use it. Opera has no transformation capabilities yet.
.rot-neg-90 {
/* rotate -90 deg, not sure if a negative number is supported so I used 270 */
-moz-transform: rotate(270deg);
-moz-transform-origin: 50% 50%;
-webkit-transform: rotate(270deg);
-webkit-transform-origin: 50% 50%;
/* IE support too convoluted for the time I've got on my hands... */
}
I am using the following code to write vertical text in a page. Firefox 3.5+, webkit, opera 10.5+ and IE
.rot-neg-90 {
-moz-transform:rotate(-270deg);
-moz-transform-origin: bottom left;
-webkit-transform: rotate(-270deg);
-webkit-transform-origin: bottom left;
-o-transform: rotate(-270deg);
-o-transform-origin: bottom left;
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(rotation=1);
}