TextMetrics: width property

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The read-only width property of the {{domxref("TextMetrics")}} interface contains the text's advance width (the width of that inline box) in CSS pixels.

Examples

Start with this {{HTMLElement("canvas")}} element:

<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>

You can get a {{domxref("TextMetrics")}} object using the following code:

const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");

let text = ctx.measureText("foo"); // TextMetrics object
text.width; // 16;

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("TextMetrics")}}