JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.23/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/black-tie/jquery-ui.css">
<div id="foo">Hello</div>
<button id="transform">transform</button>

CSS

#foo {
    border: 2px solid red;
    width: 200px;
    height: 150px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 150px;
    left: 50px;
    
}

JavaScript

$(function() {
    monkeyPatch_mouseStart()
        
    var $foo = $('#foo').resizable().draggable();

    $('#transform').on('click', function() {
        var degrees = 60;
        $foo.css({
            '-moz-transform': 'rotate(' + degrees + 'deg)',
            '-webkit-transform': 'rotate(' + degrees + 'deg)',
            '-ms-transform': 'rotate(' + degrees + 'deg)'
        });


    });
});
    
function monkeyPatch_mouseStart() {
     // don't really need this, but in case I did, I could store it and chain
     var oldFn = $.ui.draggable.prototype._mouseStart ;
     $.ui.draggable.prototype._mouseStart = function(event) {

            var o = this.options;

           function getViewOffset(node) {
              var x = 0, y = 0, win = node.ownerDocument.defaultView || window;
              if (node) addOffset(node);
              return { left: x, top: y };

              function getStyle(node) {
                return node.currentStyle || // IE
                       win.getComputedStyle(node, '');
              }

              function addOffset(node) {
                var p = node.offsetParent, style, X, Y;
                x += parseInt(node.offsetLeft, 10) || 0;
                y += parseInt(node.offsetTop, 10) || 0;

                if (p) {
                  x -= parseInt(p.scrollLeft, 10) || 0;
                  y -= parseInt(p.scrollTop, 10) || 0;

                  if (p.nodeType == 1) {
                    var parentStyle = getStyle(p)
                      , localName   = p.localName
                      , parent      = node.parentNode;
                    if (parentStyle.position != 'static') {
                      x += parseInt(parentStyle.borderLeftWidth, 10) || 0;
                      y += parseInt(parentStyle.borderTopWidth, 10) || 0;

                      if (localName == 'TABLE') {
                        x += parseInt(parentStyle.paddingLeft, 10) || 0;
                        y += parseInt(parentStyle.paddingTop, 10) || 0;
      ...