actualBoundingBoxRight

Summary

The distance parallel to the baseline from the alignment point given by the textAlign attribute to the right side of the bounding rectangle of the given text, in CSS pixels; positive numbers indicating a distance going right from the given alignment point.

Property of apis/canvas/TextMetrics apis/canvas/TextMetrics

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = TextMetrics.actualBoundingBoxRight;

Return Value

Returns an object of type NumberNumber

Examples

<canvas id="myCanvas" width="300" height="150" style="border:1px solid blue;"></canvas>
<p>. . .</p>
<script>
var can = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctxt = can.getContext("2d");
ctxt.font = "24px Arial";
var txt = "Hello world!"
ctxt.fillText(txt, 10, 75);
var mets = ctxt.measureText(txt);
alert("actualBoundingBoxRight: " + mets.actualBoundingBoxRight);
//Use with caution: may return "undefined" even in supported browsers
</script>

Related specifications

W3C HTML Canvas 2D Specification: W3C Candidate Recommendation

Attributions

Microsoft Developer Network: Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article