# JSXGraph 1.11.1 Reference

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Class Index | File Index

Elements

- Angle
- Arc
- Arrow
- Arrowparallel
- Axes3D
- Axis
- Axis3D
- Bisector
- Bisectorlines
- Boxplot
- Button
- Cardinalspline
- Chart
- Checkbox
- Circle
- Circle3D
- Circumcenter
- Circumcircle
- CircumcircleArc
- CircumcircleSector
- Comb
- Conic
- Curve
- Curve3D
- CurveDifference
- CurveIntersection
- CurveUnion
- Derivative
- Ellipse
- Face3D
- ForeignObject
- Functiongraph
- Functiongraph3D
- Glider
- Grid
- Group
- Hatch
- Hyperbola
- Image
- ImplicitCurve
- Incenter
- Incircle
- Inequality
- Input
- Integral
- Intersection
- IntersectionCircle3D
- IntersectionLine3D
- Label
- Legend
- Line
- Line3D
- MajorArc
- MajorSector
- Measurement
- Mesh3D
- Metapostspline
- Midpoint
- MinorArc
- MinorSector
- MirrorElement
- MirrorPoint
- NonReflexAngle
- Normal
- Orthogonalprojection
- OtherIntersection
- Parabola
- Parallel
- Parallelogram
- Parallelpoint
- ParametricSurface3D
- Perpendicular
- PerpendicularPoint
- PerpendicularSegment
- Plane3D
- Point
- Point3D
- PolarLine
- PolePoint
- Polygon
- Polygon3D
- PolygonalChain
- Polyhedron3D
- RadicalAxis
- Reflection
- ReflexAngle
- RegularPolygon
- Riemannsum
- Sector
- Segment
- Semicircle
- Slider
- Slopefield
- Slopetriangle
- Smartlabel
- Sphere3D
- Spline
- Stepfunction
- Tangent
- TangentTo
- Tapemeasure
- Text
- Text3D
- Ticks
- Ticks3D
- Tracecurve
- Transformation
- Transformation3D
- Turtle
- Vectorfield
- Vectorfield3D
- View3D

Classes

- _global_
- JXG
- JXG.AbstractRenderer
- JXG.Board
- JXG.Board.infobox
- JXG.C
- JXG.CA
- JXG.CanvasRenderer
- JXG.Chart
- JXG.Circle
- JXG.Circle3D
- JXG.Complex
- JXG.Composition
- JXG.Coords
- JXG.CoordsElement
- JXG.Curve
- JXG.Curve3D
- JXG.Dump
- JXG.EventEmitter
- JXG.Expect
- JXG.Face3D
- JXG.ForeignObject
- JXG.GeometryElement
- JXG.GeometryElement3D
- JXG.GeonextParser
- JXG.Group
- JXG.Image
- JXG.JessieCode
- JXG.JSXGraph
- JXG.Legend
- JXG.Line
- JXG.Line3D
- JXG.Math
- JXG.Math.BoxQuadtree
- JXG.Math.Clip
- JXG.Math.Extrapolate
- JXG.Math.Geometry
- JXG.Math.ImplicitPlot
- JXG.Math.IntervalArithmetic
- JXG.Math.Metapost
- JXG.Math.Nlp
- JXG.Math.Numerics
- JXG.Math.Plot
- JXG.Math.Poly
- JXG.Math.Poly.Monomial
- JXG.Math.Poly.Polynomial
- JXG.Math.Poly.Ring
- JXG.Math.ProbFuncs
- JXG.Math.Quadtree
- JXG.Math.Statistics
- JXG.NoRenderer
- JXG.Options
- JXG.Plane3D
- JXG.Point
- JXG.Point3D
- JXG.Polygon
- JXG.Polygon3D
- JXG.PrefixParser
- JXG.Sphere3D
- JXG.Surface3D
- JXG.SVGRenderer
- JXG.Text
- JXG.Text3D
- JXG.Ticks
- JXG.Transformation
- JXG.Turtle
- JXG.Util
- JXG.Util.Base64
- JXG.Util.Unzip
- JXG.Util.UTF8
- JXG.View3D
- JXG.VMLRenderer
- JXG.XML

# Element Tangent

JXG.GeometryElement
↳ JXG.Line
↳ Tangent

The tangent line at a point on a line, circle, conic, turtle, or curve. A tangent line is always constructed by a point on a line, circle, or curve and describes the tangent in the point on that line, circle, or curve.

If the point is not on the object (line, circle, conic, curve, turtle) the output depends on the type of the object. For conics and circles, the polar line will be constructed. For function graphs, the tangent of the vertical projection of the point to the function graph is constructed. For all other objects, the tangent in the orthogonal projection of the point to the object will be constructed.
Defined in: line.js.
Extends JXG.Line.

Element Summary
Constructor Attributes | Constructor Name and Description
--- | ---
| Tangent

Methods borrowed from class JXG.Line:
  addTransform, Direction, getAngle, getRise, getSlope, hasPoint, isHorizontal, isVertical, L, maxX, minX, setFixedLength, setLabelRelativeCoords, setStraight, Slope, updateRenderer, updateSegmentFixedLength, updateStdform, X, Y, Z
Methods borrowed from class JXG.GeometryElement:
  _set, addChild, addDescendants, addParents, addParentsFromJCFunctions, addRotation, addTicks, animate, bounds, clearTrace, cloneToBackground, countChildren, createGradient, createLabel, draggable, eval, evalVisProp, formatNumberLocale, fullUpdate, generatePolynomial, getAttribute, getAttributes, getLabelAnchor, getName, getParents, getProperty, getSnapSizes, getTextAnchor, getType, handleSnapToGrid, hide, hideElement, noHighlight, normalize, prepareUpdate, remove, removeAllTicks, removeChild, removeDescendants, removeTicks, resolveShortcuts, setArrow, setAttribute, setDash, setDisplayRendNode, setLabel, setLabelText, setName, setParents, setPosition, setPositionDirectly, setProperty, show, showElement, snapToPoints, update, updateVisibility, useLocale

Events borrowed from class JXG.GeometryElement:
  attribute, attribute:key, down, drag, keydrag, mousedown, mousedrag, mousemove, mouseout, mouseover, mouseup, move, out, over, pendown, pendrag, penup, touchdown, touchdrag, touchup, up

Element Detail
Tangent

This element has no direct constructor. To create an instance of this element you have to call JXG.Board#create with type "tangent".
Possible parent array combinations are:
{Glider} g
  A glider on a line, circle, or curve.
{JXG.GeometryElement} c
  Optional element for which the tangent is constructed

Throws:
{Exception}
  If the element cannot be constructed with the given parent objects an exception is thrown.

Examples:

    // Create a tangent providing a glider on a function graph
      var c1 = board.create('curve', [function(t){return t},function(t){return t*t*t;}]);
      var g1 = board.create('glider', [0.6, 1.2, c1]);
      var t1 = board.create('tangent', [g1]);

Attributes borrowed from other Elements

Attributes borrowed from class JXG.GeometryElement:
  aria, cssClass, dash, dashScale, draft, dragToTopOfLayer, element3D, fillColor, fillOpacity, fixed, frozen, gradient, gradientAngle, gradientCX, gradientCY, gradientEndOffset, gradientFR, gradientFX, gradientFY, gradientR, gradientSecondColor, gradientSecondOpacity, gradientStartOffset, highlight, highlightCssClass, highlightFillColor, highlightFillOpacity, highlightStrokeColor, highlightStrokeOpacity, highlightStrokeWidth, isLabel, layer, lineCap, needsRegularUpdate, nonnegativeOnly, precision, priv, rotatable, scalable, shadow, snapToGrid, strokeColor, strokeOpacity, strokeWidth, tabindex, trace, traceAttributes, transitionDuration, transitionProperties, visible, withLabel

Fields borrowed from other Elements

Fields borrowed from class JXG.Line:
  defaultTicks, parentPolygon, point1, point2, ticks
Fields borrowed from class JXG.GeometryElement:
  _org_type, _pos, ancestors, baseElement, board, childElements, descendants, dump, elementClass, elType, hasLabel, highlighted, id, inherits, isDraggable, isReal, lastDragTime, methodMap, mouseover, name, needsUpdate, notExistingParents, numTraces, parents, quadraticform, rendNode, stdform, subs, symbolic, traces, transformations, type, visProp, visPropCalc

Methods borrowed from other Elements

Methods borrowed from class JXG.Line:
  addTransform, Direction, getAngle, getRise, getSlope, hasPoint, isHorizontal, isVertical, L, maxX, minX, setFixedLength, setLabelRelativeCoords, setStraight, Slope, updateRenderer, updateSegmentFixedLength, updateStdform, X, Y, Z
Methods borrowed from class JXG.GeometryElement:
  _set, addChild, addDescendants, addParents, addParentsFromJCFunctions, addRotation, addTicks, animate, bounds, clearTrace, cloneToBackground, countChildren, createGradient, createLabel, draggable, eval, evalVisProp, formatNumberLocale, fullUpdate, generatePolynomial, getAttribute, getAttributes, getLabelAnchor, getName, getParents, getProperty, getSnapSizes, getTextAnchor, getType, handleSnapToGrid, hide, hideElement, noHighlight, normalize, prepareUpdate, remove, removeAllTicks, removeChild, removeDescendants, removeTicks, resolveShortcuts, setArrow, setAttribute, setDash, setDisplayRendNode, setLabel, setLabelText, setName, setParents, setPosition, setPositionDirectly, setProperty, show, showElement, snapToPoints, update, updateVisibility, useLocale

Events borrowed from other Elements

Events borrowed from class JXG.GeometryElement:
  attribute, attribute:key, down, drag, keydrag, mousedown, mousedrag, mousemove, mouseout, mouseover, mouseup, move, out, over, pendown, pendrag, penup, touchdown, touchdrag, touchup, up

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