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

js
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