The read-only actualBoundingBoxAscent
property of the TextMetrics
interface is a double
giving the distance from the horizontal line indicated by the CanvasRenderingContext2D.textBaseline
attribute to the top of the bounding rectangle used to render the text, in CSS pixels.
Examples
const canvas = document.createElement('canvas'); const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d'); const text = ctx.measureText('foo'); // returns TextMetrics object text.actualBoundingBoxAscent; // 8;
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Living Standard The definition of 'TextMetrics.actualBoundingBoxAscent' in that specification. |
Browser compatibility
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actualBoundingBoxAscent | Chrome
Full support
77
| Edge Full support 79 | Firefox Full support 74 | IE No support No | Opera ? | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support 77 | Chrome Android
Full support
77
| Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support 12.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.