SVGTextContentElement: getExtentOfChar() 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 getExtentOfChar()
method of the SVGTextContentElement
interface the represents computed tight bounding box of the glyph cell that corresponds to a given typographic character.
Syntax
js
getExtentOfChar(index)
Parameters
index
-
An
integer
; the index of the character.
Return value
A DOMRect
object; the tight bounding box of the specified character.
Exceptions
IndexSizeError
DOMException
-
Thrown if no character is found at
index
.
Examples
Getting the Extent 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 extent (bounding box) of the character at index 0 (the first character)
const extent = textElement.getExtentOfChar(0);
// The bounding box of the first character
console.dir(extent); // Output: DOMRect { x: 10, y: 38, width: 11.55, height: 16 }
Specifications
Specification |
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Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # __svg__SVGTextContentElement__getExtentOfChar |
Browser compatibility
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