Get width of d3.js SVG text element after it's created

Question

I\'m trying to get the widths of a bunch of text elements I have created with d3.js

This is how I\'m creating them:

var nodesText = svg.sel         


        

Answer 1

You can use getBoundingClientRect()

Example:

.style('top', function (d) {
     var currElemHeight = this.getBoundingClientRect().height;
}

edit: seems like its more appropriate for HTML elements. for SVG elements you can use getBBbox() instead.