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

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
setRotate
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 4 (Release date: 2009-06-08)
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 3.2 (Release date: 2010-04-03)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 3.2 (Release date: 2010-04-03)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support

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