SVGAngle: convertToSpecifiedUnits() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

The convertToSpecifiedUnits() method of the SVGAngle interface allows you to convert the angle's value to the specified unit type.

This function will:

Syntax

js
convertToSpecifiedUnits(unitType)

Parameters

unitType

A constant representing the unit type to which the angle's value should be converted. This must be one of the constant values defined for the unitType property, with the exception of SVG_ANGLETYPE_UNKNOWN.

  • SVGAngle.SVG_ANGLETYPE_DEG: convert to degrees
  • SVGAngle.SVG_ANGLETYPE_RAD: convert to radians
  • SVGAngle.SVG_ANGLETYPE_GRAD: convert to gradians
  • SVGAngle.SVG_ANGLETYPE_UNSPECIFIED: convert to a unitless number, interpreted as degrees

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

Converting an angle to degrees

js
// Get an SVGAngle object
const svg = document.querySelector("svg");
const angle = svg.createSVGAngle();

// Set the angle's value in radians (Math.PI / 2)
angle.newValueSpecifiedUnits(SVGAngle.SVG_ANGLETYPE_RAD, Math.PI / 2);

// Retrieve the angle's value as a string
console.log(angle.valueAsString); // Output: 1.5708rad
console.log(angle.unitType); // Output: 3 (SVG_ANGLETYPE_RAD)

// Convert the angle's value to degrees
angle.convertToSpecifiedUnits(SVGAngle.SVG_ANGLETYPE_DEG);

// Retrieve the angle's value as a string
console.log(angle.valueAsString); // Output: 90deg
console.log(angle.unitType); // Output: 2 (SVG_ANGLETYPE_DEG)

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# __svg__SVGAngle__convertToSpecifiedUnits

Browser compatibility

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See also