Make a SVG transform matrix rotate around its center?

The problem is the rotate(angle, x, y) call. This call rotates at the given angle around the point (x,y). But instead you build your matrix to rotate around layer.position.

Fixed! The sequence of the matrix elements was wrong :).

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