SVG text not rendering with textLength attribute

[michaelbrawn]

Version

3.6.3

Test Case

https://jsfiddle.net/michaelbrawn/ocfvhpdr/123/

Information about environment

Nodejs or browser?
Browser
Which browsers?
Chrome Version 83.0.4103.97 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Steps to reproduce

1. Create SVG with text element using the textLength attribute
2. Load SVG on page with specific ID
3. Load canvas on page
4. Use loadSVGFromString to load SVG by ID onto canvas

Expected Behavior

Text should load with same textLength as SVG on page

Actual Behavior

textLength attribute is ignored

[asturur]

wow svg has so many crazy features.
Is this SVG 1 or SVG 2 property?

[michaelbrawn]

Good Question. Thanks for labeling.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/SVG/Attribute/textLength

[asturur]

This is easy to solve.
The value can be parsed in the standard parser, and can be applied using the charspacing as big as needed to fill up the full width, as soon as the object is created and we know the standard lenght.