How to get the width of an svg:g element

Question

I am currently working with an svg element in JavaScript. And I am new to this.

My question is that I have an svg element in which I have m

Answer 1

Try .getBoundingClientRect

$('.my-class')[0].getBoundingClientRect().width;

Demo http://jsfiddle.net/5DA45/

Answer 2

I'd recommend getBBox (which is part of SVG 1.1) over getBoundingClientRect (which isn't):

$('.my-class')[0].getBBox().width;

Demo http://jsfiddle.net/TAck4/