lengthAdjust
Baseline
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 lengthAdjust attribute controls how the text is stretched into the length defined by the textLength attribute.
You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:
Example
html
<svg width="300" height="150" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<g font-face="sans-serif">
<text x="0" y="20" textLength="300" lengthAdjust="spacing">
Stretched using spacing only.
</text>
<text x="0" y="50" textLength="300" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs">
Stretched using spacing and glyphs.
</text>
<text x="0" y="80" textLength="100" lengthAdjust="spacing">
Shrunk using spacing only.
</text>
<text x="0" y="110" textLength="100" lengthAdjust="spacingAndGlyphs">
Shrunk using spacing and glyphs.
</text>
</g>
</svg>
Usage notes
| Value | spacing | spacingAndGlyphs |
|---|---|
| Default value | spacing |
| Animatable | Yes |
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # TextElementLengthAdjustAttribute |