# \[Feature-14576\] Perspective Horizontal/Vertical Mirroring

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14576-perspective-horizontal-vertical-mirroring/25230>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Created:** [May 22, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14576-perspective-horizontal-vertical-mirroring/25230 "2019-05-22T14:43:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![vcgasman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ecc23a/32.png) [@vcgasman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/vcgasman)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14576-perspective-horizontal-vertical-mirroring/25230/1 "2019-05-22T14:43:36Z")

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I am using shapes/symbols from the Symbol Factory and need to mirror the shape horizontally. How can this be accomplished? I can’t paste the object into Inkscape…is there a workaround until basic drawing tools are introduced?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![mperkins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/mperkins/32/71722_2.png) [@mperkins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mperkins)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14576-perspective-horizontal-vertical-mirroring/25230/2 "2019-06-14T23:21:08Z")

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Thank you for your feedback. There isn’t currently a way to do this directly in Perspective, however it would make a good enhancement.

We are currently working on improving Rotation in Perspective- Bug 11010 (which “under the covers” are using CSS transforms), mirroring itself could also be implemented similarly using CSS transforms(a mirror is equivalent to a transform of scaleX(-1) or scaleY(-1) for horizontal and vertical mirroring respectively).

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**Author:** ![qliu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@qliu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/qliu)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14576-perspective-horizontal-vertical-mirroring/25230/3 "2021-03-28T17:48:16Z")

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Hey, i want to follow up to see if there is a update for this Bug 11010. I can use scaleX(-1) for horizontal mirroring a No crescent arrow, but can’t use scaleY(-1) for vertical mirroring.  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/a/6a73e895a05e88cde33753689bdb3fd8b90ccdee.png)  
@mperkins @vcgasman

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14576-perspective-horizontal-vertical-mirroring/25230/4 "2021-03-28T18:17:54Z")

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> [@qliu](#):
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> but can’t use scaleY(-1) for vertical mirroring.

Did you try it with other images? (That arrow is identical when vertically mirrored, so it might be working without you realizing...)

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**Author:** ![qliu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc8723/32.png) [@qliu](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/qliu)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/feature-14576-perspective-horizontal-vertical-mirroring/25230/5 "2021-03-29T13:07:10Z")

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Thank you so much sir, yes, that’s it. I try a vertical arrow, by using scaleY(-1), the arrow can flip vertically, but not horizontally. OMG…