Ext.require(['Ext.draw.Text', 'Ext.slider.Single']); Ext.onReady(function() { Ext.create('Ext.draw.Text', { renderTo: Ext.get('text-ph'), padding: 20, height: 350, degrees: 45, text: 'With Ext JS 4.0 Drawing', textStyle: { fill: '#000', font: '18px Arial' } }); Ext.create('Ext.draw.Text', { renderTo: Ext.get('text-ph'), padding: 20, height: 350, degrees: 90, text: 'Creating a rotated Text component', textStyle: { fill: '#000', font: '18px Arial' } }); Ext.create('Ext.draw.Text', { renderTo: Ext.get('text-ph'), id: 'snappy', width: 200, height: 350, autoSize: false, viewBox: false, padding: 20, degrees: 315, text: 'Is a snap!', textStyle: { padding: 20, fill: '#000', font: '18px Arial', y: 50 } }); Ext.create('Ext.slider.Single', { renderTo: Ext.get('slider-ph'), hideLabel: true, width: 400, minValue: 0, maxValue: 360, value: 315, listeners: { change: function(slider, value) { var sprite = Ext.getCmp('snappy').surface.items.first(); sprite.setAttributes({ rotation: { degrees: value } }, true); } } }); });