- From: Helder Magalhães <helder.magalhaes@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:37:35 +0000
- To: Immanuel Normann <immanuel.normann@googlemail.com>
- Cc: www-svg@w3.org
Hi Immanuel, Welcome to the community! :-) > is there a js method to calculate the size of a text box? > The scenario I have in mind: I want to render text in a speech bubble and of > cause the speach bubble size should be adjusted to the text. > (what I am looking for is something like the contentBox in the dojo > framework). First of all, note that "[t]his mailing list is for technical discussion on Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and its specifications" so I'd recommend redirecting future threads to authoring/development related channels such as SVG Developers [2]. ;-) For calculating the size of any locatable element you may use its "getBBox" [3] DOM method. This is generic (not specific to text) and works quite well for most use-cases. :-) There are also related, text-specific methods/properties for determining string and/or character dimensions which one may be interested in. > regards, > Immanuel Hope this helps, Helder [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/ [2] http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/ecmascript-binding.html
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