SVGGraphicsElement: getScreenCTM() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

The getScreenCTM() method of the SVGGraphicsElement interface represents the matrix that transforms the current element's coordinate system to the coordinate system of the SVG viewport for the SVG document fragment.

Syntax

js
getScreenCTM()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A DOMMatrix object.

Examples

Getting the Screen Transformation Matrix

html
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="400" height="400">
  <!-- Circle with translation and scale -->
  <circle
    id="circle"
    cx="50"
    cy="50"
    r="30"
    fill="blue"
    transform="translate(100, 150) scale(2)" />
</svg>
js
const circle = document.getElementById("circle");

// Get the current screen transformation matrix
const screenCTM = circle.getScreenCTM();

console.log("Screen transformation matrix:");
console.log(
  `a: ${screenCTM.a}, b: ${screenCTM.b}, c: ${screenCTM.c}, d: ${screenCTM.d}, e: ${screenCTM.e}, f: ${screenCTM.f}`,
);
// Output: a: 2, b: 0, c: 0, d: 2, e: 100, f: 150

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# __svg__SVGGraphicsElement__getScreenCTM

Browser compatibility

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