transform
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2015.
Thetransform attribute defines a list of transform definitions that are applied to an element and the element's children.
Note:As a presentation attribute,transform also has a CSS property counterpart:transform. When both are specified, the CSS property takes priority. Note that there are some differences in syntax between the CSS property and the attribute!
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Elements
In SVG 2, you can use thetransform attribute on any element, including the<svg> root.Note that usingtransform on the<svg> root is a newer feature, and you should checkbrowser compatibility for support.Usingtransform on the<svg> root is convenient for applying transforms to an entire SVG image without the need for extra wrapper elements or CSS workarounds.
In SVG 1.1, only these 16 elements were allowed to have atransform applied:<a>,<circle>,<clipPath>,<defs>,<ellipse>,<foreignObject>,<g>,<image>,<line>,<path>,<polygon>,<polyline>,<rect>,<switch>,<text>, and<use>.
Also, as a legacy from SVG 1.1,<linearGradient> and<radialGradient> support thegradientTransform attribute, and<pattern> supports thepatternTransform attribute, both of which behave exactly like thetransform attribute.
Value
| Value | <transform-list> |
|---|---|
| Default value | none |
| Animatable | Yes |
Examples
>Apply a transform to a single SVG element
In this example, we apply atransform to a single<g> element inside an SVG document:
html,body,svg { height: 100%;}<svg viewBox="-40 0 150 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <g fill="grey" transform="rotate(-10 50 100) translate(-36 45.5) skewX(40) scale(1 0.5)"> <path d="M 10,30 A 20,20 0,0,1 50,30 A 20,20 0,0,1 90,30 Q 90,60 50,90 Q 10,60 10,30 z" /> </g> <use href="#heart" fill="none" stroke="red" /></svg>Apply a transform to an entire SVG document
In this example, we apply atransform to the<svg> root element, meaning that the transform is applied to the entire SVG document:
<svg viewBox="-40 0 150 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" transform="rotate(-10 50 100) translate(-36 15.5) skewX(40) scale(1 0.5)"> <g fill="grey"> <path d="M 10,30 A 20,20 0,0,1 50,30 A 20,20 0,0,1 90,30 Q 90,60 50,90 Q 10,60 10,30 z" /> </g> <use href="#heart" fill="none" stroke="red" /></svg>Transform functions
The following transform functions can be used by thetransform attribute<transform-list>.
Warning:As per the spec, you should be able to also use CSStransform functions. However, the compatibility isn't guaranteed.
Matrix
Thematrix(<a> <b> <c> <d> <e> <f>) transform function specifies a transformation in the form of a transformation matrix of six values.matrix(a,b,c,d,e,f) is equivalent to applying the transformation matrix:
Which maps coordinates from a previous coordinate system into a new coordinate system by the following matrix equalities:
Example
html,body,svg { height: 100%;}<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <rect x="10" y="10" width="30" height="20" fill="green" /> <!-- In the following example we are applying the matrix: [a c e] [3 -1 30] [b d f] => [1 3 40] [0 0 1] [0 0 1] which transform the rectangle as such: top left corner: oldX=10 oldY=10 newX = a * oldX + c * oldY + e = 3 * 10 - 1 * 10 + 30 = 50 newY = b * oldX + d * oldY + f = 1 * 10 + 3 * 10 + 40 = 80 top right corner: oldX=40 oldY=10 newX = a * oldX + c * oldY + e = 3 * 40 - 1 * 10 + 30 = 140 newY = b * oldX + d * oldY + f = 1 * 40 + 3 * 10 + 40 = 110 bottom left corner: oldX=10 oldY=30 newX = a * oldX + c * oldY + e = 3 * 10 - 1 * 30 + 30 = 30 newY = b * oldX + d * oldY + f = 1 * 10 + 3 * 30 + 40 = 140 bottom right corner: oldX=40 oldY=30 newX = a * oldX + c * oldY + e = 3 * 40 - 1 * 30 + 30 = 120 newY = b * oldX + d * oldY + f = 1 * 40 + 3 * 30 + 40 = 170 --> <rect x="10" y="10" width="30" height="20" fill="red" transform="matrix(3 1 -1 3 30 40)" /></svg>Translate
Thetranslate(<x> [<y>]) transform function moves the object byx andy. Ify is not provided, it is assumed to be0.
In other words:
xNew = xOld + <x>yNew = yOld + <y>
Example
html,body,svg { height: 100%;}<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <!-- No translation --> <rect x="5" y="5" width="40" height="40" fill="green" /> <!-- Horizontal translation --> <rect x="5" y="5" width="40" height="40" fill="blue" transform="translate(50)" /> <!-- Vertical translation --> <rect x="5" y="5" width="40" height="40" fill="red" transform="translate(0 50)" /> <!-- Both horizontal and vertical translation --> <rect x="5" y="5" width="40" height="40" fill="yellow" transform="translate(50 50)" /></svg>Scale
Thescale(<x> [<y>]) transform function specifies a scale operation byx andy. Ify is not provided, it is assumed to be equal tox.
Example
html,body,svg { height: 100%;}<svg viewBox="-50 -50 100 100" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <!-- uniform scale --> <circle cx="0" cy="0" r="10" fill="red" transform="scale(4)" /> <!-- vertical scale --> <circle cx="0" cy="0" r="10" fill="yellow" transform="scale(1, 4)" /> <!-- horizontal scale --> <circle cx="0" cy="0" r="10" fill="pink" transform="scale(4, 1)" /> <!-- No scale --> <circle cx="0" cy="0" r="10" fill="black" /></svg>Rotate
Therotate(<a> [<x> <y>]) transform function specifies a rotation bya degrees about a given point. If optional parametersx andy are not supplied, the rotation is about the origin of the current user coordinate system. If optional parametersx andy are supplied, the rotation is about the point(x, y).
Example
html,body,svg { height: 100%;}<svg viewBox="-12 -2 34 14" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <rect x="0" y="0" width="10" height="10" /> <!-- rotation is done around the point 0,0 --> <rect x="0" y="0" width="10" height="10" fill="red" transform="rotate(100)" /> <!-- rotation is done around the point 10,10 --> <rect x="0" y="0" width="10" height="10" fill="green" transform="rotate(100, 10, 10)" /></svg>SkewX
TheskewX(<a>) transform function specifies a skew transformation along the x axis bya degrees.
Example
html,body,svg { height: 100%;}<svg viewBox="-5 -5 10 10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <rect x="-3" y="-3" width="6" height="6" /> <rect x="-3" y="-3" width="6" height="6" fill="red" transform="skewX(30)" /></svg>SkewY
TheskewY(<a>) transform function specifies a skew transformation along the y axis bya degrees.
Example
html,body,svg { height: 100%;}<svg viewBox="-5 -5 10 10" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <rect x="-3" y="-3" width="6" height="6" /> <rect x="-3" y="-3" width="6" height="6" fill="red" transform="skewY(30)" /></svg>Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Transforms Module Level 1> # svg-transform> |
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2> # TransformProperty> |
Browser compatibility
See also
- CSS
transformproperty