SPANS do not rotate with Rotate and direction inside the LI

Question

I got the following código down below:

ul {
	width: 802px;
	list-style: none;
	border: .1px #000 solid;
	padding: 0;
}
ul#tabela {		
	height: 200px;
}
ul#retornos {		
	height: 30px;
}
ul li {
	height: 100%;
	float: left;
	text-align: center;
	border-right: .1px #000 solid;
}	
ul li:last-child {
	border-right: none;
}
ul#tabela li span {
	font-weight: bolder;
	line-height: 30px;
}
ul#tabela li span.normal {	
	vertical-align: middle;
}
ul#tabela li span.vertical {
	width: 200px;
	direction: rtl;
	transform: rotate(90deg);
}
 

<ul id='tabela'>
	<li style='width:100px;'><span class='normal'>Nome do Gcéu</span></li>
	<li style='width:100px;'><span class='vertical'>Supervisor</span></li>
	<li style='width:100px;'><span class='normal'>Líder</span></li>
	<li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Houve Supervisão?</span></li>
	<li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Houve dia de jejum?</span></li>
	<li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Houve dia de evangelismo?</span></li>
	<li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Membros Compromissados</span></li>
	<li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Visitantes</span></li>
	<li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Crianças de 0 a 12 anos</span></li>
	<li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Total de presentes</span></li>
	<li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Ofertas</span></li>
	<li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Discipulados</span></li>
	<li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Número de Decisões</span></li>	
</ul>

I’d like to know why the spans NAY are rotating and how correct that.

Answer 1

Inline elements cannot be rotated. Spans are inline elements by default, forcing display:block or display:inline-block in its element the rotation will work.

Another way is to use rotation based on the element. As exemplified below:

ul {
  width: 850px;
  list-style: none;
  border: .1px #000 solid;
}

ul#tabela {
  height: 200px;
}

ul li {
  height: 100%;
  float: left;
  text-align: center;
  vertical-align: middle;
  border-right: .1px #000 solid;
}

ul li:last-child {
  border-right: none;
}

ul#tabela li span.vertical {
  width: 200px;
  transform: rotate(-90deg);
  transform-origin: right top 0;
  float: right;
  text-align: right;
  margin: 5px 25px 0px 0px;
}

<ul id='tabela'>
  <li style='width:100px;'><span class='normal'>Nome do Gcéu</span></li>
  <li style='width:100px;'><span class='vertical'>Supervisor</span></li>
  <li style='width:100px;'><span class='normal'>Líder</span></li>
  <li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Houve Supervisão?</span></li>
  <li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Houve dia de jejum?</span></li>
  <li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Houve dia de evangelismo?</span></li>
  <li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Membros Compromissados</span></li>
  <li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Visitantes</span></li>
  <li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Crianças de 0 a 12 anos</span></li>
  <li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Total de presentes</span></li>
  <li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Ofertas</span></li>
  <li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Discipulados</span></li>
  <li style='width:050px;'><span class='vertical'>Número de Decisões</span></li>
</ul>