how to keep text orientation unchanged during rotation in SVG
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript SVG Animation</title>
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge"/> <!-- Remove this line in production. -->
</head>
<body>
<svg width="800px" height="800px" viewBox="0 0 800 800">
<g transform="translate(400, 400)"> <!-- Create a Cartesian coordinate system (with the y-axis flipped) for the animated square. That is, place the origin at the center of the 800 x 800 SVG viewport: -->
<!-- A 200 x 200 square with the upper left-hand corner at (-100, -100). This places the center of the square
at the origin (0, 0): -->
<rect id="mySquare" x="-100" y="-100" width="200" height="200" rx="5" ry="5"
style=" fill: yellow; stroke: yellow; stroke-width: 1; stroke-dasharray: 10, 5;" />
<!-- Represents the x-axis: -->
<line x1="-400" y1="0" x2="400" y2="0" style="stroke: blue;" />
<!-- Represents the y-axis (although up is negative and down is positive): -->
<line x1="0" y1="-400" x2="0" y2="400" style="stroke: blue;" />
<circle cx="0" cy="0" r="141" fill="none" stroke="yellow"/>
<g id="circle_a">
<circle cx="0" cy="0" r="10" fill="none" stroke="blue"/>
<text x="-5" y="5" width="20" height="20">A</text>
</g>
<g id="circle_b">
<circle cx="0" cy="0" r="10" fill="none" stroke="red"/>
<text x="-5" y="5" width="20" height="20">B</text>
</g>
</g>
</svg>
<script>
"use strict";
/* CONSTANTS */
var initialTheta = 0; // The initial rotation angle, in degrees.
var thetaDelta = 0.3; // The amount to rotate the square about every 16.7 milliseconds, in degrees.
var angularLimit = 180; // The maximum number of degrees to rotate the square.
var theSquare = document.getElementById("mySquare");
var circleA = document.getElementById("circle_a");
var circleB = document.getElementById("circle_b");
theSquare.currentTheta = initialTheta; // The initial rotation angle to use when the animation starts, stored in a custom property.
var requestAnimationFrameID = requestAnimationFrame(doAnim); // Start the loop.
function doAnim() {
if (theSquare.currentTheta > angularLimit) {
cancelAnimationFrame(requestAnimationFrameID); // The square has rotated enough, instruct the browser to stop calling the doAnim() function.
return; // No point in continuing, bail now.
}
theSquare.setAttribute("transform", "rotate(" + theSquare.currentTheta + ")"); // Rotate the square by a small amount.
circleA.setAttribute("transform", "translate(" +Math.cos((theSquare.currentTheta-45)*Math.PI/180)*141 + "," + Math.sin((theSquare.currentTheta-45)*Math.PI/180)*141+")"); // Move the circle A
circleB.setAttribute("transform", "translate(" +Math.cos((theSquare.currentTheta+45)*Math.PI/180)*141 + "," + Math.sin((theSquare.currentTheta+45)*Math.PI/180)*141+")"); // move the circle B
theSquare.currentTheta += thetaDelta; // Increase the angle that the square will be rotated to, by a small amount.
requestAnimationFrameID = requestAnimationFrame(doAnim); // Call the doAnim() function about 60 times per second (60 FPS), or about once every 16.7 milliseconds until cancelAnimationFrame() is called.
}
</script>