SVGTextContentElement: getExtentOfChar() method

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

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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

See also