Change orientation to vertical, table rows HTML + CSS

Question

I have this table:

<table id="tabla">
    <tbody>
        <tr><th>row1</th><td>aaaa</td></tr>
        <tr><th>row2</th><td>bbbb</td></tr>
        <tr><th>row3</th><td>cccc</td></tr>
        <figure><img src="image.png"/></figure></td></tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

This organizes the information in rows... But I want to rotate it and display it in columns... I hope this is enough explanation for what I want:

How I have it now:

row1: aaaa
row2: bbbb
row3: cccc imag

How I want it:

 row1 | row2 | row3
 aaaa | bbbb | cccc
             | imag  

How can I do this with CSS?

Answer 1

If you are forced only to use CSS you can play with rotate :)

#table {
    transform:rotate(90deg);  
}
#table th, #table td{
    transform:rotate(-90deg);
}
td {
  height: 50px;
}

<table id="table">
    <tbody>
        <tr><th>row1</th><td>aaaa</td></tr>
        <tr><th>row2</th><td>bbbb</td><td>bbbb</td><td>bbbb</td></tr>
        <tr><th>row3</th><td>bbbb</td><td>bbbb</td><td>bbbb</td></tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

Answer 2

This probably isn't the solution you're expecting, I would really encourage you to look at the new CSS Flexible Box Model instead of using HTML tables as it'll make your life much easier in these sort of scenarios.

If you're interested, take a look at my answer for a very similar question at Vertical Menu (+ Sub-Menu) stacks unnaturally.