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 January 2020.

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.

cx Optional

A float defining the X-coordinate of the center of rotation. Defaults to 0.

cy Optional

A float defining the Y-coordinate of the center of rotation. Defaults to 0.

Return value

None (undefined).

Exceptions

NoModificationAllowedError DOMException

Thrown if the attribute or the SVGTransform object 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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