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SVGTextPositioningElement: rotate property

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The rotate read-only property of the SVGTextPositioningElement interface reflects the rotation of individual text glyphs, as specified by the rotate attribute of the given element.

Value

An SVGAnimatedNumberList object.

Examples

Given the following SVG:

<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <text x="10" y="20" rotate="45">Hello</text>
  <text x="50" y="50" rotate="90">World</text>
</svg>

We can access the rotate attribute:

const texts = document.querySelectorAll("text");

console.log(texts[0].rotate.baseVal); // output: 45
console.log(texts[1].rotate.baseVal); // output: 90

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also