SVGTransform: setRotate() method
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The setRotate() method of the SVGTransform interface sets the transform type to SVG_TRANSFORM_ROTATE, with parameter angle defining the rotation angle and parameters cx and cy defining the optional center of rotation.
Syntax
js
setRotate(angle, cx, cy)
Parameters
angle-
A float defining the rotation angle in degrees.
cxOptional-
A float defining the X-coordinate of the center of rotation. Defaults to
0. cyOptional-
A float defining the Y-coordinate of the center of rotation. Defaults to
0.
Return value
None (undefined).
Exceptions
NoModificationAllowedErrorDOMException-
Thrown if the attribute or the
SVGTransformobject is read-only.
Examples
Rotating an SVG Element
js
// Select an SVG element and create a transform object
const svgElement = document.querySelector("svg");
const transform = svgElement.createSVGTransform();
// Set a rotation of 45 degrees
transform.setRotate(45, 0, 0);
// Output the rotation angle
console.log(`Rotation Angle: ${transform.angle}`); // Output: 45
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # __svg__SVGTransform__setRotate |
Browser compatibility
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