Nicolas Bouliane

Using CSS3 transforms and calc() in Internet Explorer

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Although CSS calc sizes are supported in Internet Explorer 10 and above, they do not work when used in transform attributes. For instance, transform: translate(0, calc(100% - 10px)); does not work in Internet Explorer.

To work around this, you can chain transforms. For instance, the following statements are equivalent:

transform: translate(0, calc(100% - 10px)); //Does not work in IE
transform: translate(0, 100%) translate(0, -10px); //Works in IE

It’s that simple!