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.

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

See also