<animatetransform>

The animateTransform element animates a transformation attribute on a target element, thereby allowing animations to control translation, scaling, rotation and/or skewing.

Usage context

Categories	Animation element
Permitted content	Any number of the following elements, in any order: Descriptive elements

Example

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<svg width="120" height="120"  viewBox="0 0 120 120"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1"
     xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" >

    <polygon points="60,30 90,90 30,90">
        <animateTransform attributeName="transform"
                          attributeType="XML"
                          type="rotate"
                          from="0 60 70"
                          to="360 60 70"
                          dur="10s"
                          repeatCount="indefinite"/>
    </polygon>
</svg>

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Attributes

Global attributes

• Conditional processing attributes »
• Core attributes »
• Animation event attributes »
• Xlink attributes »
• Animation attribute target attributes »
• Animation timing attributes »
• Animation value attributes »
• Animation addition attributes »
• externalResourcesRequired

Specific attributes

• by
• from
• to
• type

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGAnimateTransformElement interface.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
SVG Animations Level 2 The definition of '<animateTransform>' in that specification.	Editor's Draft	No change
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) The definition of '<animateTransform>' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition

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