SVGTextContentElement: getComputedTextLength() method
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
ThegetComputedTextLength() method of theSVGTextContentElement interface represents the computed length for the text within the element.
Syntax
js
getComputedTextLength()Parameters
None.
Return value
A float.
Examples
Computing the text length
html
<svg width="300" height="100"> <text x="10" y="50" font-size="16">Hello, SVG World!</text></svg>js
const textElement = document.getElementById("exampleText");// Get the computed text lengthconst textLength = textElement.getComputedTextLength();console.log(textLength); // Output: 124.5 (e.g. depends on font size and text content)Specifications
| Specification |
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| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # __svg__SVGTextContentElement__getComputedTextLength |