CSS transform: scale does not change DOM size?
Container's DOM width after transform is the same as before transform? Why? var theScale = aNumber; var containerWidth = theContainer.width(); alert(containerWidth); // and the other prefixes, as well theContainer.css("-webkit-transform", "scale(" + theScale + ")"); containerWidth = theContainer.width(); alert(containerWidth); // the same value ??? Transforms don't affect the layout — or more precisely the box model — of an element. They are purely cosmetic. From the spec : Note: Transformations do affect the visual layout on the canvas, but have no affect on the CSS layout itself. This also