Easy "3D CSS card flip" example

Let's see a very very basic integration of the awesome "card flip" effect with simple CSS3 properties. Feel free to use/share/contribute.

by Gaurav Singh

HTML

<div class="flip"> 
  <div class="card"> 
    <div class="face front">Front</div> 
    <div class="face back">Back</div> 
  </div> 
</div>

CSS

body {
 background: #ccc;   
}
.flip {
  -webkit-perspective: 800;
  -ms-perspective: 800;
  -moz-perspective: 800;
  -o-perspective: 800;
   width: 400px;
   height: 200px;
   position: relative;
   margin: 50px auto;
}
.flip .card.flipped {
  transform:rotatey(-180deg);
  -ms-transform:rotatey(-180deg); /* IE 9 */
  -moz-transform:rotatey(-180deg); /* Firefox */
  -webkit-transform:rotatey(-180deg); /* Safari and Chrome */
  -o-transform:rotatey(-180deg); /* Opera */
}
.flip .card {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  -webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;
  -webkit-transition: 0.5s;
  -moz-transform-style: preserve-3d;
  -moz-transition: 0.5s;
  -ms-transform-style: preserve-3d;
  -ms-transition: 0.5s;
  -o-transform-style: preserve-3d;
  -o-transition: 0.5s;
  transform-style: preserve-3d;
  transition: 0.5s;
}
.flip .card .face {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 2;
  font-family: Georgia;
  font-size: 3em;
  text-align: center;
  line-height: 200px;
  backface-visibility: hidden;  /* W3C */
  -webkit-backface-visibility: hidden; /* Safari & Chrome */
  -moz-backface-visibility: hidden; /* Firefox */
  -ms-backface-visibility: hidden; /* Internet Explorer */
  -o-backface-visibility: hidden; /* Opera */

}
.flip .card .front {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  background: black;
  color: white;
  cursor: pointer;
}
.flip .card .back {
    background: blue;
    background: white;
    color: black;
    cursor: pointer;
    
  transform:rotatey(-180deg);
  -ms-transform:rotatey(-180deg); /* IE 9 */
  -moz-transform:rotatey(-180deg); /* Firefox */
  -webkit-transform:rotatey(-180deg); /* Safari and Chrome */
  -o-transform:rotatey(-180deg); /* Opera */

}

JavaScript

/* card flip */
$(".flip").hover(function(){
  $(this).find(".card").toggleClass("flipped");
  return false;
});