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SVGTextContentElement: getSubStringLength() method - Web APIs | MDN
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SVGTextContentElement: getSubStringLength() method
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Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The getSubStringLength() method of the SVGTextContentElement interface represents the computed length of the formatted text advance distance for a substring of text within the element.
Note that this method only accounts for the widths of the glyphs in the substring and any extra spacing inserted by the CSS letter-spacing and word-spacing properties. Visual spacing adjustments made by the x attribute are ignored.
Syntax
js
getSubStringLength(index, length)
Parameters
Return value
A float.
Exceptions
IndexSizeErrorDOMException-
Thrown if the
indexis greater than the highest index orlengthis negative.
Examples
Getting the Length of a Substring
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 length of a substring starting at character 0 with 5 characters
const substringLength = textElement.getSubStringLength(0, 5);
console.log(substringLength); // Output: 35.55
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # __svg__SVGTextContentElement__getSubStringLength |
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