SVGTextPositioningElement: dx property

{{APIRef("SVG")}}

The dx read-only property of the {{domxref("SVGTextPositioningElement")}} interface describes the x-axis coordinate of the {{domxref("SVGTextElement")}} or {{domxref("SVGTSpanElement")}} as an {{domxref("SVGAnimatedLengthList")}}. It reflects the {{SVGAttr("dx")}} attribute's horizontal displacement of the individual text glyphs in the user coordinate system.

The attribute value is a list of <length>, <percentage>, or <number>. The numeric values in the {{domxref("SVGAnimatedLengthList.baseVal")}} reflect the horizontal displacements in the user coordinate system.

Value

An {{domxref("SVGAnimatedLengthList")}}.

Examples

Given the following SVG:

<svg viewBox="0 0 200 200" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <text x="10" y="20" dx="5">Hello</text>
  <text x="50" y="50" dx="10">World</text>
</svg>

We can access the computed values of the dx attributes:

const texts = document.querySelectorAll("text");

console.log(texts[0].dx.baseVal[0].value); // output: 5
console.log(texts[1].dx.baseVal[0].value); // output: 10

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("SVGTextPositioningElement.dy")}}
• {{domxref("SVGAnimatedLengthList.baseVal")}}