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SVGTextContentElement: getComputedTextLength() method

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{{APIRef("SVG")}}

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

Syntax

js-nolint
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

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Browser compatibility

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