JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by BramVanroy

HTML

<div class="container">
    <div class="statusColumn"><span>Normal</span></div>
    <div class="statusColumn"><a>Normal</a></div>
    <div class="statusColumn"><b>Rotated</b></div>
    <div class="statusColumn"><abbr>Normal</abbr></div>
</div>

CSS

.statusColumn {
    position: relative;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    padding: 2px;
    margin: 2px;
    width: 200px;
}

.statusColumn i, .statusColumn b, .statusColumn em, .statusColumn strong {
  writing-mode: tb-rl;
  white-space: nowrap;
  display: inline-block;
  overflow: visible;
  transform: rotate(-90deg) translateX(-100%);
  transform-origin: top left;
}

JavaScript

$(".statusColumn").each(function() {
    var $this = $(this),
        child = $this.children(":first");
    $this.css("minHeight", function() {
        return child[0].getBoundingClientRect().height;
    });
});