Can't click on buttons after CSS transform - html

Question

I'm trying to make a html page with a cube on it, each face of said cube would have buttons on it. On the default face all the buttons work fine, however, as soon as I rotate the cube the new face looses all interactivity.
HTML:
<button type="button" id="button">Toggle</button>
<hr>
<div id="cube">
<div class="face one"></div>
<div class="face two">
<button type="button">All</button>
<button type="button">News</button>
<button type="button">Media</button>
<button type="button">Events</button>
</div>
<div class="face three"></div>
<div class="face four"></div>
<div class="face five">
<button type="button">All</button>
<button type="button">News</button>
<button type="button">Media</button>
<button type="button">Events</button>
</div>
<div class="face six"></div>
</div>
CSS:
#cube {
position: relative;
height: 400px;
-webkit-transition: -webkit-transform 2s linear;
-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;
}
.face {
position: absolute;
height: 360px;
background-color:#ffffff;
}
#cube .one {
-webkit-transform: rotateX(90deg) translateZ(200px);
}
#cube .two {
-webkit-transform: translateZ(200px);
}
#cube .three {
-webkit-transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(200px);
}
#cube .four {
-webkit-transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(200px);
}
#cube .five {
-webkit-transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateZ(200px);
}
#cube .six {
-webkit-transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(200px) rotate(180deg);
}
And JS:
$("#button").click(function () {
$('#cube').css("-webkit-transform", "rotateX(0deg) rotateY(90deg)");
});
Here's a Fiddle link demonstrating my problem: http://jsfiddle.net/x66yn/
(Note that the demo will only work on webkit browsers.)

Answer 1

You need to give the elements a non-static position. This is because the elements are not currently positioned in their parent, with the parent being moved forward it covers the children
button {
position: relative; /* Or absolute, fixed */
}
Demo
Note: I added a cursor change on hover to show it works
The other option is to move the buttons forward in the Z direction greater than or equal to it's parent z-axis movement since you're doing so with the parent
button {
-webkit-transform: translateZ(200px); /* Equivalent or greater than parent's*/
transform: translateZ(200px);
}
Demo
In your case specifically, the back panel will not work just using the above, the angle of the right button also cannot be 90 (some some reason which I don't know for sure). It has to do with how the browser is rendering it. As a result, just use 89.999 which is indistinguishable to us but works fine
$("#buttonRight").click(function () {
$('#cube').css("-webkit-transform", "rotateX(0deg) rotateY(89.999deg)");
});

Answer 2

I had similar problem, but for me help remove from cube(DIV) this ruls: backface-visibility : hidden; and rotate cube by 89.99 (just two "9" after dot)
With this cube work in Chrome, Firefox, Safari and IE11