White space around css3 scale

Question

I have a small issue I want to fix, but can't find any good answer :

When I use a scale on a div (which contains other divs), it leave white space around, from the "original" width and height of my div :

How can I remove the withe space around the div while scaled ?

I can use js if needed !

EDIT: Here is some code :

HTML

<div class="pull-right nextpack">

                    <div class="quarter scale-thumb">

                        <div class="up">
                            <div class="inner" style="background-image: url({{URL::base().'/galery/th293x711/'.$nextpack->src}})"></div>
                        </div>

                        <div class="face">
                            <div class="top" style="background-image: url({{URL::base().'/galery/th293x711/'.$nextpack->src}})"></div>
                            <div class="bot" style="background-image: url({{URL::base().'/galery/th293x711/'.$nextpack->src}})"></div>
                        </div>

                        <div class="cote-droit">
                            <div class="inner">
                                <div class="cote-droit-top" style="background-image: url({{URL::base().'/galery/th293x711/'.$nextpack->src}})"></div>
                                <div class="cote-droit-bot" style="background-image: url({{URL::base().'/galery/th293x711/'.$nextpack->src}})"></div>
                            </div>
                        </div>

                    </div>


                </div>

CSS (you really don't need to know how the pack is done, it's a lot of css3 for nothing, basically just skew, rotate, scale to make a 3D render from a flat template)

.quarter.scale-thumb
{
-webkit-transform: scale(0.2);
-moz-transform: scale(0.2);
-o-transform: scale(0.2);
transform: scale(0.2);
}

PS : The first pic is when I don't add the scale-thumb class

Answer 1

solution is to wrap the element inside a container, and resize it too while the scale() is done

Jsfiddle demo: http://jsfiddle.net/2KxSJ/

relevant code is:

#wrap
{
    background:yellow;
    height:66px;
    width:55px;
    padding:10px;
    float:left;
    -webkit-transition:0.5s all;
    -moz-transition:0.5s all;
    /* more transition here */
}

#wrap:hover
{
    height:300px;
    width:260px;
}

.quarter
{
    padding:20px;
    -webkit-transform: scale(0.2);
    -moz-transform: scale(0.2);
    -o-transform: scale(0.2);
    transform: scale(0.2);
    background:red;
    width:250px;
    -webkit-transform-origin:left top;
    -webkit-transition:0.5s all;
    -moz-transition:0.5s all;
    /* more transition here */
}


#wrap:hover .quarter
{
    -webkit-transform: scale(0.9);
    -moz-transform: scale(0.9);
    -o-transform: scale(0.9);
    transform: scale(0.9);
    -webkit-transform-origin:left top;
    -moz-transform-origin:left top;
    /* more transform-origin */
}