fitText

A Raphael.js plugin that fits Raphael text elements to certain width, simulating the text-overflow: ellipsis; CSS declaration.

Usage

fitText can be applied to any non-removed Raphael text element. Non-text elements (i.e. path) will be ignored.

Accepts the following parameters:

• width - optional width in pixels (defaults to paper width)
• text - optional text to set

Example

Working example available at http://jsfiddle.net/sCEBD/2/

Fit existing text to width

paper.text(150, 50, 'Hello world!').fitText(30);

Fit existing text to paper width (since version 0.2.0)

paper.text(150, 50, 'Hello world!').fitText();

Update an existing text and fit to width

paper.text(150, 80, 'Hello world!').fitText(40, 'Hello worrrrrlllldddd!');

The fitText method is chainable

paper.text(150, 120, 'Hello world!').attr({
    'font-size': 30
}).fitText(50, 'Hello worrrrrlllldddd!').attr({
    'fill': 'red'
});

Changelog

0.2.0

• The width argument is now optional. Defaults to paper width.

License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.