ids_to_text_inkscape

Updated for Inkscape ^1.0! If you need the previous version, you can find it as a zip file (ids_to_text_Inkscape_0.92.zip) in the root of the repo.

A simple Inkscape extension that lets you extract attributes (like id) from all selected paths, and show them as <text> elements inside the paths.

Useful for when you want to have all paths' id shown on the SVG document as <text> nodes.

You can also use it for other path attributes, like label, fill, stroke, width, height.

Available under the Extensions > Text menu.

Note: only works on <path> elements. If you have a <circle>, <rectangle>, <text>, etc., first use Object > Object to Path to convert it.

Examples:

• Get the ids (names) of all the countries on the Africa map and show them on the map as labels.

• Get the fill color for all circles and show it as a <text> element on top of them.

• Get the width attribute for all planets and show it as a <text> element on top of them.

Options for styling and formatting the text:

• Font size in px
• Color (the fill color of the <text> elements)
• Font (should be installed on the system)
• Font Weight (should be supported by the selected font)
• Angle (controls the rotation of the generated <text> elements, in degrees)

Options for further editing the extracted text (only used with id and label attributes):

• Text to replace (a simple replace function to remove characters you may not want from the text)
• Match Regular Expression (matches the extracted text of each path to a regular expression and uses the result on the path, e.g. if the id is Province_055 and this field \d+, the text on the path will be just 055)
• Capitalize (capitalize all text)
• **Group paths with the generated text elements ** (if checked, also group (<g>) the path with its text label)

Also published on the Inkscape extensions repository.