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.

The getComputedTextLength() method of the SVGTextContentElement interface represents the computed length for the text within the element.

Syntax

getComputedTextLength()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A float.

Examples

Computing the text length

html
<svg width="300" height="100">
  <text id="exampleText" x="10" y="50" font-size="16">Hello, SVG World!</text>
</svg>

js
const textElement = document.getElementById("exampleText");

// Get the computed text length
const textLength = textElement.getComputedTextLength();

console.log(textLength); // Output: 124.5 (e.g. depends on font size and text content)

Specifications

Specification

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# __svg__SVGTextContentElement__getComputedTextLength

Browser compatibility

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