SVGTextPathElement

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 SVGTextPathElement interface corresponds to the <textPath> element.

EventTarget Node Element SVGElement SVGGraphicsElement SVGTextContentElement SVGTextPathElement

Constants

Method types

Name Value Description
TEXTPATH_METHODTYPE_UNKNOWN 0 The type is not one of predefined types. It is invalid to attempt to define a new value of this type or to attempt to switch an existing value to this type.
TEXTPATH_METHODTYPE_ALIGN 1 Corresponds to the value align.
TEXTPATH_METHODTYPE_STRETCH 2 Corresponds to the value stretch.

Spacing types

Name Value Description
TEXTPATH_SPACINGTYPE_UNKNOWN 0 The type is not one of predefined types. It is invalid to attempt to define a new value of this type or to attempt to switch an existing value to this type.
TEXTPATH_SPACINGTYPE_AUTO 1 Corresponds to the value auto.
TEXTPATH_SPACINGTYPE_EXACT 2 Corresponds to the value exact.

Instance properties

This interface also inherits properties from its parent interface, SVGTextContentElement.

SVGTextPathElement.href Read only

An SVGAnimatedString corresponding to the href or xlink:href Deprecated attribute of the given element.

SVGTextPathElement.startOffset Read only

An SVGAnimatedLength corresponding to the X component of the startOffset attribute of the given element.

SVGTextPathElement.method Read only

An SVGAnimatedEnumeration corresponding to the method attribute of the given element. It takes one of the TEXTPATH_METHODTYPE_* constants defined on this interface.

SVGTextPathElement.spacing Read only

An SVGAnimatedEnumeration corresponding to the spacing attribute of the given element. It takes one of the TEXTPATH_SPACINGTYPE_* constants defined on this interface.

Instance methods

This interface does not provide any specific methods, but implements those of its parent, SVGTextContentElement.

Specifications

Specification
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2
# InterfaceSVGTextPathElement

Browser compatibility

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See also