- inner_div.id = 'foo'; // XXX
- // inner_div.style.filter =
- // 'progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(rotation=3)';
+
+ if (typeof(document.documentMode) !== 'undefined' &&
+ document.documentMode < 9) {
+ // We're dealing w/ an old version of IE, so we have to rotate the text
+ // using a BasicImage transform. This uses a different origin of rotation
+ // than HTML5 rotation (top left of div vs. its center).
+ inner_div.style.filter =
+ 'progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.BasicImage(rotation=3)';
+ inner_div.style.left = '0px';
+ inner_div.style.top = '0px';
+ }