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>
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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>
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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>
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Output: