DOMMatrixReadOnly: DOMMatrixReadOnly() constructor

Syntax

new DOMMatrixReadOnly()
new DOMMatrixReadOnly(initString)
new DOMMatrixReadOnly(initArray)

Parameters

initString Optional

A string representing a 2D or 3D matrix in CSS matrix() or matrix3d() format.

initArray Optional

An array containing either 6 or 16 numbers in column-major order. Other array lengths throw a TypeError.

• A 6-element array is interpreted as the matrix components [m11, m12, m21, m22, m41, m42], creating a 2D matrix.
• A 16-element array is interpreted as the matrix components [m11, m12, m13, m14, m21, m22, m23, m24, m31, m32, m33, m34, m41, m42, m43, m44], creating a 3D matrix.

If this argument is omitted, an identity matrix is created, i.e., equivalent to [1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0].

If this argument is provided as a Float32Array or Float64Array, consider using the more performant static methods DOMMatrixReadOnly.fromFloat32Array() or DOMMatrixReadOnly.fromFloat64Array() instead.

Return value

A new DOMMatrixReadOnly object.

Exceptions

TypeError

Thrown if the argument is not a string or an array with a length other than 6 or 16.

SyntaxError

Thrown if the string argument is not in a valid CSS matrix() or matrix3d() format.

Examples

Creating a DOMMatrixReadOnly from a string

const matrixFromString = new DOMMatrixReadOnly("matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 10, 20)");
console.log(matrixFromString.toJSON());
// Output: {a: 1, b: 0, c: 0, d: 1, e: 10, f: 20}

Creating a DOMMatrixReadOnly from an array

const matrixFromArray = new DOMMatrixReadOnly([1, 0, 0, 1, 10, 20]);
console.log(matrixFromArray.toJSON());
// Output: {a: 1, b: 0, c: 0, d: 1, e: 10, f: 20}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• DOMMatrixReadOnly.fromFloat32Array()
• DOMMatrixReadOnly.fromFloat64Array()
• DOMMatrixReadOnly.fromMatrix()