Ids to text elements - README

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 submenu.

Check the extension's repo on GitHub for examples.

Options for styling and formatting the text:

Font size in pixels
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 the path with its text label)


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

For Inkscape v0.92 and before, you should check the extension's repository on GitHub.