CSS3 – 3D Flip Animation – IE10 transform-origin: preserve-3d workaround

I also couldn’t seem to find a good example of this anywhere, so I spent some way too much time making my own.

This one works on all browsers, does not have that weird 360deg IE flip, and includes provision for static content (that lives on both sides of the card – which I needed to put a ‘flip’ button at the top right of both sides).

–I tested on latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and IE.

http://jsfiddle.net/Tinclon/2ega7yLt/7/

Edit: Also works with transparent backgrounds: http://jsfiddle.net/Tinclon/2ega7yLt/8/

The css (of course) includes IE hacks, so it’s a bit long, but the html is quite straightforward:

<div class="card">
  <div class="content">
    <div class="cardFront">FRONT CONTENT</div>
    <div class="cardBack">BACK CONTENT</div>
    <div class="cardStatic">STATIC CONTENT</div>
  </div>
</div>

$('.card').hover(function(){$('.card').toggleClass('applyflip');}.bind(this));

.card {
    perspective: 1000px;
    -webkit-perspective: 1000px;
    -moz-perspective: 1000px;
    -o-perspective: 1000px;
    -ms-perspective: 1000px;
    margin:80px 150px;
    width:320px;
    height:243px;
    vertical-align:top;
    position:absolute;
    display:block;
    font-size:25px;
    font-weight:bold;
}

.card .content {
    transition: 0.5s ease-out;
    -webkit-transition: 0.5s ease-out;
    -moz-transition: 0.5s ease-out;
    -o-transition: 0.5s ease-out;
    -ms-transition: 0.5s ease-out;
    transform-style: preserve-3d;
    -webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;
    -moz-transform-style: preserve-3d;
    -o-transform-style: preserve-3d;
    -ms-transform-style: preserve-3d;

    /* content backface is visible so that static content still appears */
    backface-visibility: visible;
    -webkit-backface-visibility: visible;
    -moz-backface-visibility: visible;
    -o-backface-visibility: visible;
    -ms-backface-visibility: visible;


    border: 1px solid grey;
    border-radius: 15px;
    position:relative;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;

}
.card.applyflip .content {
    transform: rotateY(180deg);
    -webkit-transform: rotateY(180deg);
    -moz-transform: rotateY(180deg);
    -o-transform: rotateY(180deg);
    -ms-transform: rotateY(180deg);
}


.card .content .cardStatic {
    /* Half way through the card flip, rotate static content to 0 degrees */
    transition: 0s linear 0.17s;
    -webkit-transition: 0s linear 0.17s;
    -moz-transition: 0s linear 0.17s;
    -o-transition: 0s linear 0.17s;
    -ms-transition: 0s linear 0.17s;
    transform: rotateY(0deg);
    -webkit-transform: rotateY(0deg);
    -moz-transform: rotateY(0deg);
    -o-transform: rotateY(0deg);
    -ms-transform: rotateY(0deg);

    text-align: center;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    height: 0;
    width: 100%;
    line-height:100px;
}

.card.applyflip .content .cardStatic {
    /* Half way through the card flip, rotate static content to -180 degrees -- to negate the flip and unmirror the static content */
    transition: 0s linear 0.17s;
    -webkit-transition: 0s linear 0.17s;
    -moz-transition: 0s linear 0.17s;
    -o-transition: 0s linear 0.17s;
    -ms-transition: 0s linear 0.17s;
    transform: rotateY(-180deg);
    -webkit-transform: rotateY(-180deg);
    -moz-transform: rotateY(-180deg);
    -o-transform: rotateY(-180deg);
    -ms-transform: rotateY(-180deg);
}

.card .content .cardFront {
    background-color: skyblue;
    color: tomato;
}

.card .content .cardBack {
    background-color: tomato;
    color: skyblue;
}

.card .content .cardFront, .card .content .cardBack {
    /* Backface visibility works great for all but IE. As such, we mark the backface visible in IE and manage visibility ourselves */
    backface-visibility: hidden;
    -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
    -moz-backface-visibility: hidden;
    -o-backface-visibility: hidden;
    -ms-backface-visibility: visible;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
    text-align: center;
    line-height:200px;
    border-radius: 14px;
}
.card .content .cardFront, .card.applyflip .content .cardFront {
    transform: rotateY(0deg);
    -webkit-transform: rotateY(0deg);
    -moz-transform: rotateY(0deg);
    -o-transform: rotateY(0deg);
    -ms-transform: rotateY(0deg);
}

.card .content .cardBack, .card.applyflip .content .cardBack {
    transform: rotateY(-180deg);
    -webkit-transform: rotateY(-180deg);
    -moz-transform: rotateY(-180deg);
    -o-transform: rotateY(-180deg);
    -ms-transform: rotateY(-180deg);
}

.card .content .cardFront, .card.applyflip .content .cardBack {
    /* IE Hack. Halfway through the card flip, set visibility. Keep other browsers visible throughout the card flip. */
    animation: stayvisible 0.5s both;
    -webkit-animation: stayvisible 0.5s both;
    -moz-animation: stayvisible 0.5s both;
    -o-animation: stayvisible 0.5s both;
    -ms-animation: donothing 0.5s;
    -ms-transition: visibility 0s linear 0.17s;
    visibility: visible;
}
.card.applyflip .content .cardFront, .card .content .cardBack {
    /* IE Hack. Halfway through the card flip, set visibility. Keep other browsers visible throughout the card flip. */
    animation: stayvisible 0.5s both;
    -webkit-animation: stayvisible 0.5s both;
    -moz-animation: stayvisible 0.5s both;
    -o-animation: stayvisible 0.5s both;
    -ms-animation: donothing 0.5s;
    -ms-transition: visibility 0s linear 0.17s;
    visibility: hidden;
}
@keyframes stayvisible { from { visibility: visible; } to { visibility: visible; } }
@-webkit-keyframes stayvisible { from { visibility: visible; } to { visibility: visible; } }
@-moz-keyframes stayvisible { from { visibility: visible; } to { visibility: visible; } }
@-o-keyframes stayvisible { from { visibility: visible; } to { visibility: visible; } }
@-ms-keyframes donothing { 0% { } 100% { } }