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HTML
<div id="start"></div>
<div id="end"></div>
<div id="mail"></div>
CSS
div { position: absolute; }
#start { width: 5px; height: 5px; background: #fbc42b; top: 250px; left: 50px; }
#end { width: 5px; height: 5px; background: #fa0218; top: 50px; left: 150px; }
#mail { width: 50px; height: 20px; background: blue; top: 250px; left: 50px; }
JavaScript
// Init dom elements
var $start = $('#start');
var $end = $('#end');
var $mail = $('#mail');
// Get position coordinates
var startPos = $start.offset();
var endPos = $end.offset();
// Angle calculation
var getAngle = function(currX, currY, endX, endY) {
var angle = Math.atan2(currX - endX, currY - endY) * (180 / Math.PI);
if (angle < 0) {
angle = Math.abs(angle);
} else {
angle = 360 - angle;
}
return angle;
};
// Animate
var maxframe = 1000;
$({frame: 0}).animate({frame: maxframe}, {
easing: "linear",
duration: 1000,
// Executed each "animation" frame, so we rotate here.
step: function() {
var easing = $.easing.easeInOutQuad;
var left = easing(0, this.frame, startPos.left, endPos.left - startPos.left, maxframe);
var leftNext = easing(0, this.frame+1, startPos.left, endPos.left - startPos.left, maxframe);
var top = startPos.top + (endPos.top - startPos.top) * this.frame / maxframe;
var topNext = startPos.top + (endPos.top - startPos.top) * (this.frame + 1) / maxframe;
var angle = getAngle(left, top, leftNext, topNext);
$mail.offset({left: left, top: top});
$mail.css('transform', 'rotate(' + angle + 'deg)');
},
// Set the final position
complete: function() {
$mail.offset($end.offset());
$mail.css('transform', '');
}
});