White space around css3 scale

Question

I have a small issue I want to fix, but can\'t find any good answer :

When I use a scale on a div (which contains other divs), it leave white space around, from the

Answer 1

solution is to wrap the element inside a container, and resize it too while the scale() is done

Jsfiddle demo: http://jsfiddle.net/2KxSJ/

relevant code is:

#wrap
{
    background:yellow;
    height:66px;
    width:55px;
    padding:10px;
    float:left;
    -webkit-transition:0.5s all;
    -moz-transition:0.5s all;
    /* more transition here */
}

#wrap:hover
{
    height:300px;
    width:260px;
}

.quarter
{
    padding:20px;
    -webkit-transform: scale(0.2);
    -moz-transform: scale(0.2);
    -o-transform: scale(0.2);
    transform: scale(0.2);
    background:red;
    width:250px;
    -webkit-transform-origin:left top;
    -webkit-transition:0.5s all;
    -moz-transition:0.5s all;
    /* more transition here */
}


#wrap:hover .quarter
{
    -webkit-transform: scale(0.9);
    -moz-transform: scale(0.9);
    -o-transform: scale(0.9);
    transform: scale(0.9);
    -webkit-transform-origin:left top;
    -moz-transform-origin:left top;
    /* more transform-origin */
}