---
title: "Line Center On"
description: "Demonstrates how to reposition a Line geometry so that its midpoint is at specific coordinates, while the line is continuously rotating."
phaser: "4.1.0"
size: "800x600"
files: 1
url: https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line/view/center-on
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Line Center On

Demonstrates how to reposition a Line geometry so that its midpoint is at specific coordinates, while the line is continuously rotating.

A Phaser 4.1.0 example in [Geom / Line](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line.md). It runs at 800 × 600, and loads its assets from https://cdn.phaserfiles.com/v410. See it running, with its code, at https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line/view/center-on.

To run it, load Phaser 4.1.0 (`https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/phaser@4.1.0/dist/phaser.min.js`), then the file, on a page with a `<div id="game-container">`.

## Code

### center on.js

```js
class Example extends Phaser.Scene
{
    text;
    line;
    graphics;

    create ()
    {
        this.graphics = this.add.graphics({ lineStyle: { width: 4, color: 0xaa00aa } });

        this.line = new Phaser.Geom.Line(300, 300, 400, 300);

        this.input.on('pointermove', pointer =>
        {

            Phaser.Geom.Line.CenterOn(this.line, pointer.x, pointer.y);

        });
    }

    update ()
    {
        Phaser.Geom.Line.Rotate(this.line, 0.02);

        this.graphics.clear();

        this.graphics.strokeLineShape(this.line);
    }
}

const config = {
    scale: { mode: Phaser.Scale.FIT },
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    type: Phaser.AUTO,
    parent: 'game-container',
    scene: Example
};

const game = new Phaser.Game(config);
```

## More in Line

- [Bresenham Points](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line/view/bresenham-points.md): Calculate and visualize an array of points along a line using the Bresenham algorithm, with the line endpoints updated dynamically by mouse movement.
- [Clone a Line](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line/view/clone.md): Demonstrates how to create independent copies of a Line geometry object using the Clone method.
- [Create a Line Geometry](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line/view/create.md): How to define a line geometry object using start and end coordinates and render it to the screen using a Graphics object.
- [Get Line Endpoints](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line/view/get-point-ab.md): Demonstrates how to use getPointA and getPointB to retrieve the start and end coordinates of a rotating Line geometry object.
- [Get Line Normal](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line/view/get-normal.md): Demonstrates how to calculate and use the perpendicular normal vector of a line to manipulate its geometry.
- [Get Point on a Line](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line/view/get-point-at.md): Calculate the coordinates of a point at a specific distance along a Line geometry using a normalized value between 0 and 1.
- [Get Points along a Line](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line/view/get-points.md): Demonstrates how to extract an array of evenly spaced points from a Line geometry object.
- [Get Random Point on a Line](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line/view/get-random-point.md): Demonstrates how to use the getRandomPoint method to retrieve random coordinates along a Line geometry object, either by creating new Point instances or updating existing ones.
- [Inverse Line Geometry](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line/view/inverse-line.md): Demonstrates how to flip a line's direction by rotating it 180 degrees around its starting point using the RotateAroundPoint method.
- [Line Angle](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line/view/angle.md): Calculate and display the angle of a rotating Line geometry object using the Line.Angle method.
- [Line Copy From](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line/view/copy-from.md): Demonstrates how to duplicate properties from one Line geometry object to another using the CopyFrom method to create a trailing line effect.
- [Line Equals](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line/view/equals.md): Demonstrates using Phaser.Geom.Line.Equals to check if two line segments share the same start and end coordinates.
- [All 31 examples in Line](https://phaser.io/oss/examples/v4.1.0/geom/line.md)

---

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