DOMMatrixReadOnly: skewX() 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.

See full compatibility

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The skewX() method of the DOMMatrixReadOnly interface returns a new DOMMatrix created by applying the specified skew transformation to the source matrix along its x-axis. The original matrix is not modified.

To mutate the matrix as you skew it along the x-axis, see DOMMatrix.skewXSelf().

Syntax

skewX()
skewX(sX)

Parameters

sX: A number; the angle, in degrees, by which to skew the matrix along the x-axis.

Return value

A DOMMatrix.

Examples

const matrix = new DOMMatrix(); // create a matrix
console.log(matrix.toString()); // no transform applied
// "matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0)"

console.log(matrix.skewX(14).toString());
// "matrix(1, 0, 0.25, 1, 0, 0)"

console.log(matrix.toString()); // original is unchanged
// "matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0)"

Specifications

Specification
Geometry Interfaces Module Level 1 # dom-dommatrixreadonly-skewx

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`skewX()`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 61 (Release date: 2017-09-05) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 33 (Release date: 2014-10-14) footnote footnote Before Firefox 69, the `sx` parameter was required; you may now call `skewX()` with no inputs. A value of 0 is correctly assumed.	Opera – Full support Opera 48 (Release date: 2017-09-27) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 61 (Release date: 2017-09-05) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 33 (Release date: 2014-10-14) footnote footnote Before Firefox for Android 79, the `sx` parameter was required; you may now call `skewX()` with no inputs. A value of 0 is correctly assumed.	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 45 (Release date: 2018-02-15) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 8 (Release date: 2018-07-18) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 61 (Release date: 2017-09-05) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19) footnote Full support

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Full support: Full support
: See implementation notes.