Using css transform property in jQuery

Question

How can you specify cross-browser transform controls using jQuery since each browser seems to use its own methodology?

Here is the code I am using for Firefox but I

Answer 1

$(".oSlider-rotate").slider({
     min: 10,
     max: 74,
     step: .01,
     value: 24,
     slide: function(e,ui){
                 $('.user-text').css('transform', 'scale(' + ui.value + ')')

            }                
  });

This will solve the issue

Answer 2

If you're using jquery, jquery.transit is very simple and powerful lib that allows you to make your transformation while handling cross-browser compability for you. It can be as simple as this : $("#element").transition({x:'90px'}).

Take it from this link : http://ricostacruz.com/jquery.transit/

Answer 3

Setting a -vendor prefix that isn't supported in older browsers can cause them to throw an exception with .css. Instead detect the supported prefix first:

// Start with a fall back
var newCss = { 'zoom' : ui.value };

// Replace with transform, if supported
if('WebkitTransform' in document.body.style) 
{
    newCss = { '-webkit-transform': 'scale(' + ui.value + ')'};
}
// repeat for supported browsers
else if('transform' in document.body.style) 
{
    newCss = { 'transform': 'scale(' + ui.value + ')'};
}

// Set the CSS
$('.user-text').css(newCss)

That works in old browsers. I've done scale here but you could replace it with whatever other transform you wanted.

Answer 4

I started using the 'prefix-free' Script available at http://leaverou.github.io/prefixfree so I don't have to take care about the vendor prefixes. It neatly takes care of setting the correct vendor prefix behind the scenes for you. Plus a jQuery Plugin is available as well so one can still use jQuery's .css() method without code changes, so the suggested line in combination with prefix-free would be all you need:

$('.user-text').css('transform', 'scale(' + ui.value + ')');

Answer 5

If you want to use a specific transform function, then all you need to do is include that function in the value. For example:

$('.user-text').css('transform', 'scale(' + ui.value + ')');

Secondly, browser support is getting better, but you'll probably still need to use vendor prefixes like so:

$('.user-text').css({
  '-webkit-transform' : 'scale(' + ui.value + ')',
  '-moz-transform'    : 'scale(' + ui.value + ')',
  '-ms-transform'     : 'scale(' + ui.value + ')',
  '-o-transform'      : 'scale(' + ui.value + ')',
  'transform'         : 'scale(' + ui.value + ')'
});

jsFiddle with example: http://jsfiddle.net/jehka/230/