Get bounding box for SVG path using jQuery

Question

I want to get the getBBox() for svg path in jquery. i tried like this

$(\"#\"+ path id)[0].getBBox() -> returns x=0,y=0,width=0,height=0

Answer 1

I too am having a hard time getting the JQuery syntax to work for me. This returned Uncaught TypeError: Object [object Object] has no method 'getBBox':

console.log($("#testtext").getBBox().width);

... because I had omitted the array index (thanks @Christian Vielma, below)!

However standard Javascript worked for me and I was able to display the width of the (in my case) RECT in the Chrome console:

console.log(document.getElementById("testtext").getBBox().width);

So you might try that instead.