Is it possible to use CSS/CSS3 to mirror text?
Specifically, I have this scissors char “✂” (✂
) that I\'d like to display pointing left a
There's also the rotateY
for a real mirror one:
transform: rotateY(180deg);
Which, perhaps, is even more clear and understandable.
EDIT: Doesn't seem to work on Opera though… sadly. But it works fine on Firefox. I guess it might required to implicitly say that we are doing some kind of translate3d
perhaps? Or something like that.
That works fine with font icons like 's7 stroke icons' and 'font-awesome':
.mirror {
display: inline-block;
transform: scaleX(-1);
}
And then on target element:
<button>
<span class="s7-back mirror"></span>
<span>Next</span>
</button>
you can use 'transform' to achieve this. http://jsfiddle.net/aRcQ8/
css:
-moz-transform: rotate(-180deg);
-webkit-transform: rotate(-180deg);
transform: rotate(-180deg);
You could try box-reflect
box-reflect: 20px right;
see CSS property box-reflect compatibility? for more details
Just one more example how the character could be flipped. Add vendor prefixes if you need ones but for now all modern browsers support unprefixed transform property. The only exception is Opera if Opera Mini mode is enabled (~3% world users).
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Text rotation</title>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
.scissors {
display: inline-block;
font-size: 50px;
color: red;
}
.original {
color: initial;
}
.flipped {
transform: rotateZ(180deg);
}
.upward {
transform: rotateZ(-90deg);
}
.downward {
transform: rotateZ(90deg);
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li>Original: <span class="scissors original">✂</span></li>
<li>Flipped: <span class="scissors flipped">✂</span></li>
<li>Upward: <span class="scissors upward">✂</span></li>
<li>Downward: <span class="scissors downward">✂</span></li>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
direction: rtl;
is probably what you are looking for.