SVG text-anchor Attribute
The text-anchor attribute is used to align a text which is auto-wrapped or pre-formatted. The wrapping area is decided from the inline-size property with respect to a given point. In case of multiple line text, the alignment is made for each line. It has effect only on the following elements <altGlyph>, <text>, <textPath>, <tref>, and <tspan>
Syntax:
text-anchor = start | middle | end
Attribute Values: The text-anchor attribute accepts the values mentioned above and described below:
- start: With this attribute value, characters are aligned such that the start of the text string is at the initial current text position.
- middle: With this attribute value, characters are aligned such that the middle of the text string is at the current text position.
- end: With this attribute value, characters are shifted such that the end of the resulting rendered text is at the initial current text position.
Example 1: Below examples illustrates the use of text-anchor attribute.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html> <head> <style> text { font: 20px sans-serif; } </style></head> <body> <svg viewBox="0 0 420 420" <path d="M60 15 L60, 50 M30, 40 L90, 40" stroke="green" /> <text text-anchor="start" x="60" y="40" stroke="green"> GeeksforGeeks </text> <circle cx="60" cy="40" r="3" fill="green" /> </svg></body> </html> |
Output:
Example 2:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html> <head> <style> text { font: 20px sans-serif; } </style></head> <body> <svg viewBox="0 0 420 420" <path d="M60 15 L60, 50 M30, 40 L90, 40" stroke="green" /> <text text-anchor="middle" x="60" y="40" stroke="green"> GeeksforGeeks </text> <circle cx="60" cy="40" r="3" fill="green" /> </svg></body> </html> |
Output:
Example 3:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html> <head> <style> text { font: 20px sans-serif; } </style></head> <body> <svg viewBox="0 0 420 420" <path d="M60 15 L60, 50 M30, 40 L90, 40" stroke="green" /> <text text-anchor="end" x="60" y="40" stroke="green"> GeeksforGeeks </text> <circle cx="60" cy="40" r="3" fill="green" /> </svg></body> </html> |
Output:
