SVGTextContentElement: getEndPositionOfChar() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

The getEndPositionOfChar() method of the SVGTextContentElement interface returns the trailing position of a typographic character after text layout has been performed.

Syntax

js
getEndPositionOfChar(index)

Parameters

index

An integer; the index of the character.

Return value

A DOMPoint object; the position of the character in user coordinates.

Exceptions

IndexSizeError DOMException

Thrown if no character is found at index.

Examples

Getting the End Position of a Character

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 end position of the character at index 0 (the first character)
const position = textElement.getEndPositionOfChar(0);

// Get the x and y coordinates of the first character
console.log(position.x, position.y); // Output: 21.5 50

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# __svg__SVGTextContentElement__getEndPositionOfChar

Browser compatibility

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