[svgwg] Should `setOrientToAutoStartReverse()` be added? (#997)

karlcow has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/svgwg:

== Should `setOrientToAutoStartReverse()` be added? ==
@birtles @longsonr 
in #993 #994 we added to the spec the right value in the IDL for `SVG_MARKER_ORIENT_AUTO_START_REVERSE`.

While adding this on the WebKit side, @shallawa @nikolaszimmermann realized that there is no `setOrientToAutoStartReverse()` method.

```
  // Marker Orientation Types
  const unsigned short SVG_MARKER_ORIENT_UNKNOWN = 0;
  const unsigned short SVG_MARKER_ORIENT_AUTO = 1;
  const unsigned short SVG_MARKER_ORIENT_ANGLE = 2;
  const unsigned short SVG_MARKER_ORIENT_AUTO_START_REVERSE = 3;

.... cut for brevity…

  undefined setOrientToAuto();
  undefined setOrientToAngle(SVGAngle angle);
````

which seems a bit awkward. 

Gecko has `setOrientToAuto()`
https://searchfox.org/firefox-main/search?q=setOrientToAuto&path=&case=false&regexp=false

but it does not have `setOrientToAutoStartReverse()` 
https://searchfox.org/firefox-main/search?q=setOrientToAutoStartReverse&path=&case=false&regexp=false


Should it be added or should we just stay as-is? 

Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/svgwg/issues/997 using your GitHub account


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Received on Tuesday, 19 August 2025 22:49:13 UTC