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.

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)