Changing width/height moves rotated element

Question

When changing the width/height of a rotated elements, the element moves!

Here's an example
JSFiddle

When I change the width for example, the object loses its original position, this is effecting jQueryUI Resizable and making it unusable.

CSS:

.test{
    position: absolute;
    top: 200px;
    left; 200px;

    width: 400px;
    height: 200px;
    background: red;

    transform: rotate(-90deg);
}

JSFiddle
Is there a library or a function that corrects this issue by reversing this effect.

Edit: I made a jQuery function that corrects the top-left position upon resizing a rotated element, added as answer. Also this is a patch for jqueryui resizable

Answer 1

transform-origin is set to centre by default, and when you change the width/height of the element, the original centre moves, thus moving your object.

see this updated fiddle, with a fix for changing width http://jsfiddle.net/ww8k4hy4/6/

EDIT

Set both values of transform-origin to be half of width -- see this: http://jsfiddle.net/ww8k4hy4/10/

(figuring this out proved to be very helpful for me too, so thanks :) )

Answer 2

This jQuery function will change the size of the element and make necessary correction to preserve the top-left corner position

JSFiddle

/**
* Resizes rotated set of elements and preserves top-left corner position
* @param {Number} new_width
* @param {Number} new_height
* @param {Number} angle in degrees
* @returns {object} the current jQuery set
*/
$.fn.rotSize = function(new_width, new_height, angle){

    //Convert angle from degrees to radians
    var angle = angle * Math.PI / 180

    $(this).each(function(i, elem){
        var $elem = $(elem);
        //initial CSS position.
        var pos = {left: parseInt($elem.css('left')), top: parseInt($elem.css('top'))};
        var init_w = $elem.width();
        var init_h = $elem.height();
        //Get position after rotation with original size
        var x = -init_w/2;
        var y = init_h/2;
        var new_x = y * Math.sin(angle) + x * Math.cos(angle);
        var new_y = y * Math.cos(angle) - x * Math.sin(angle);
        var diff1 = {left: new_x - x, top: new_y - y};

        //Get position after rotation with new size
        var x = -new_width/2;
        var y = new_height/2;
        var new_x = y * Math.sin(angle) + x * Math.cos(angle);
        var new_y = y * Math.cos(angle) - x * Math.sin(angle);
        var diff2 = {left: new_x - x, top: new_y - y};

        //Get the difference between the two positions
        var offset = {left: diff2.left - diff1.left, top: diff2.top - diff1.top};
        //Calculate the correction
        var new_pos = {left: pos.left - offset.left, top: pos.top + offset.top};

        //Apply
        $elem.css(new_pos);
        $elem.css({width: new_width, height: new_height});
    });
}

Another useful function:

/**
* Calculate the size correction for resized rotated element
* @param {Number} init_w
* @param {Number} init_h
* @param {Number} delta_w
* @param {Number} delta_h
* @param {Number} angle in degrees
* @returns {object} correction css object {left, top}
*/
$.getCorrection = function(init_w, init_h, delta_w, delta_h, angle){
    //Convert angle from degrees to radians
    var angle = angle * Math.PI / 180

    //Get position after rotation with original size
    var x = -init_w/2;
    var y = init_h/2;
    var new_x = y * Math.sin(angle) + x * Math.cos(angle);
    var new_y = y * Math.cos(angle) - x * Math.sin(angle);
    var diff1 = {left: new_x - x, top: new_y - y};

    var new_width = init_w + delta_w;
    var new_height = init_h + delta_h;

    //Get position after rotation with new size
    var x = -new_width/2;
    var y = new_height/2;
    var new_x = y * Math.sin(angle) + x * Math.cos(angle);
    var new_y = y * Math.cos(angle) - x * Math.sin(angle);
    var diff2 = {left: new_x - x, top: new_y - y};

    //Get the difference between the two positions
    var offset = {left: diff2.left - diff1.left, top: diff2.top - diff1.top};
    return offset;
}