SVGTextPathElement: method property
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The method read-only property of the SVGTextPathElement interface reflects the method attribute of the given <textPath> element. It takes one of the TEXTPATH_METHODTYPE_* constants defined on this interface.
Value
An SVGAnimatedEnumeration object.
Examples
Accessing the method property
html
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="400" height="200">
<defs>
<path id="myPath" d="M10 80 C 40 10, 65 10, 95 80 S 150 150, 180 80" />
</defs>
<text font-size="20" fill="blue">
<textPath id="myTextPath" href="#myPath" method="align">
This text follows a path!
</textPath>
</text>
</svg>
js
const textPath = document.getElementById("myTextPath");
// Access the method property
console.log(textPath.method.baseVal); // Output: 1 (TEXTPATH_METHODTYPE_ALIGN)