SVG TextPathElement.startOffset Property

Last Updated : 30 Mar, 2022

The SVG TextPathElement.startOffset property returns an SVGAnimatedLength object corresponding to the attribute of the given textpath element.

Syntax:

TextPathElement.startOffset

Return value: This property returns SVGAnimatedLength object that can be used to get the startOffset of the TextPath element.

Example 1:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>  
<html> 
  
<body> 
    <svg viewBox="0 0 200 500"
        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">  
  
        <path id="Geek" fill="yellow" stroke="green"
            d="M10, 90 Q90, 90 90, 45 Q90, 10 50, 10 Q10,  
              10 10, 40 Q10, 70 45, 70 Q70, 70 75, 50" />  
    
        <text>  
            <textPath href="#Geek" id="gfg" 
                startoffset="10" >  
                The Geeky Text Along The Path  
            </textPath>  
        </text>  
  
        <script type="text/javascript"> 
            var gfg = document.getElementById('gfg'); 
            console.log(gfg.startOffset); 
        </script> 
    </svg>   
</body>  
  
</html> 

Output:

Console Output:

Example 2:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>  
<html>  
  
<body> 
    <svg viewBox="0 0 200 500"
        xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">  
  
        <path id="Geek" fill="red" stroke="green"
            d="M10, 90 Q90, 90 90, 45 Q90, 10 50, 10 Q10,  
               10 10, 40 Q10, 70 45, 70 Q70, 70 75, 50" />  
    
        <text>  
            <textPath href="#Geek" id="gfg" startoffset="10" >  
                gfg a computer science platform 
            </textPath>  
        </text>  
        <script type="text/javascript"> 
            var gfg = document.getElementById('gfg'); 
            console.log(gfg.startOffset); 
        </script> 
    </svg>   
</body> 
  
</html> 