SVGMarkerElement: setOrientToAngle() 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 setOrientToAngle() method of the SVGMarkerElement interface sets the value of the orient attribute to the value in the SVGAngle passed in.

Syntax

js
setOrientToAngle(angle)

Parameters

angle

An SVGAngle.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

In the following example the value of the orient attribute is updated using setOrientToAngle() using an SVGAngle created using SVGSVGElement.createSVGAngle().

html
<svg id="svg" viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <defs>
    <marker
      id="arrow"
      viewBox="0 0 10 10"
      refX="5"
      refY="5"
      markerWidth="6"
      markerHeight="6"
      orient="90">
      <path d="M 0 0 L 10 5 L 0 10 z" />
    </marker>
  </defs>
</svg>
js
let svg = document.getElementById("svg");
let marker = document.getElementById("arrow");
console.log(marker.orientAngle.baseVal.value); // value in SVG above - 90
let angle = svg.createSVGAngle();
angle.value = "110";
marker.setOrientToAngle(angle);
console.log(marker.orientAngle.baseVal.value); // new value - 110

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# __svg__SVGMarkerElement__setOrientToAngle

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
setOrientToAngle
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 1.5 (Release date: 2005-11-29)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 12.1 (Release date: 2012-11-20)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 3 (Release date: 2007-10-26)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 12.1 (Release date: 2012-10-09)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 3 (Release date: 2011-02-22)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support