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HTML
<div id="parent">
<div id="child">
some text some text some text some text some text
</div>
</div>
<br /><br /><br />
<a id="btn1" href="javascript:void(0)">Click to rotate</a><br />
<br />
CSS
body {margin:50px}
#parent {position:relative; border:1px solid #000; width:200px; height:100px}
#child {position:absolute; top:0; left:0; background-color:maroon; opacity:0.5; width:150px; height:50px; border:1px solid #000}
JavaScript
$(function(){
$("#child").draggable();
var angle = 0;
$("#btn1").click(function(){
angle = angle + 90;
if(angle == 360) { angle = 0 }
// reset top left position to (0,0)
$("#child").css({"top": "0px", "left": "0px"});
var preBounds = getBounds("child");
$("#child").css({
"-webkit-transform-origin": "top left",
"-moz-transform-origin": "top left",
"-o-transform-origin": "top left",
"transform-origin": "top left",
"transform" : "rotate("+ angle +"deg)"
});
var currBounds = getBounds("child");
if(angle == 90)
{
$("#child").css({ "left": currBounds.left+Number(preBounds.left-currBounds.left)+"px"});
}
else if(angle == 180)
{
$("#child").css({ "top": currBounds.top+Number(preBounds.top-currBounds.top)+"px","left":currBounds.width+"px"});
}
else if(angle == 270)
{
$("#child").css({ "top": currBounds.height+"px"});
}
});
});
function getBounds(ele){
var bounds = document.getElementById(ele).getBoundingClientRect();
console.log(bounds);
//{left:bounds.left, top:bounds.top, right:bounds.right, bottom:bounds.bottom}
return bounds;
}