SVGTransform: setScale() 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 setScale() method of the SVGTransform interface sets the transform type to SVG_TRANSFORM_SCALE, with parameters sx and sy defining the scale amounts.
Syntax
js
setScale(sx, sy)
Parameters
Return value
None (undefined).
Exceptions
NoModificationAllowedErrorDOMException-
Thrown if the attribute or the
SVGTransformobject is read-only.
Examples
Scaling an SVG Element
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// Select an SVG element and create a transform object
const svgElement = document.querySelector("svg");
const transform = svgElement.createSVGTransform();
// Set the scale values for the transform
transform.setScale(2, 3);
// Output the scale details
console.log(`Scale X: ${transform.matrix.a}`); // Output: 2
console.log(`Scale Y: ${transform.matrix.d}`); // Output: 3
Specifications
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| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # __svg__SVGTransform__setScale |
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