SVGTransform: setRotate() method

{{APIRef("SVG")}}

The setRotate() method of the {{domxref("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

setRotate(angle, cx, cy)

Parameters

• angle
  • : A float defining the rotation angle in degrees.
• cx {{optional_inline}}
  • : A float defining the X-coordinate of the center of rotation. Defaults to 0.
• cy {{optional_inline}}
  • : A float defining the Y-coordinate of the center of rotation. Defaults to 0.

Return value

None ({{jsxref('undefined')}}).

Exceptions

• NoModificationAllowedError {{domxref("DOMException")}}
  • : Thrown if the attribute or the {{domxref("SVGTransform")}} object is read-only.

Examples

Rotating an SVG Element

// 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

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Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

• {{domxref("SVGTransform.angle")}}