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+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2023 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import {Bubble} from './bubble.js';
+import {Coordinate} from '../utils/coordinate.js';
+import * as dom from '../utils/dom.js';
+import {Rect} from '../utils/rect.js';
+import {Size} from '../utils/size.js';
+import {Svg} from '../utils/svg.js';
+import {WorkspaceSvg} from '../workspace_svg.js';
+
+export class TextBubble extends Bubble {
+  private paragraph: SVGTextElement;
+
+  constructor(
+    private text: string,
+    protected readonly workspace: WorkspaceSvg,
+    protected anchor: Coordinate,
+    protected ownerRect?: Rect
+  ) {
+    super(workspace, anchor, ownerRect);
+    this.paragraph = this.stringToSvg(text, this.contentContainer);
+    this.updateBubbleSize();
+  }
+
+  /** @return the current text of this text bubble. */
+  getText(): string {
+    return this.text;
+  }
+
+  /** Sets the current text of this text bubble, and updates the display. */
+  setText(text: string) {
+    this.text = text;
+    dom.removeNode(this.paragraph);
+    this.paragraph = this.stringToSvg(text, this.contentContainer);
+    this.updateBubbleSize();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Converts the given string into an svg containing that string,
+   * broken up by newlines.
+   */
+  private stringToSvg(text: string, container: SVGGElement) {
+    const paragraph = this.createParagraph(container);
+    const spans = this.createSpans(paragraph, text);
+    if (this.workspace.RTL)
+      this.rightAlignSpans(paragraph.getBBox().width, spans);
+    return paragraph;
+  }
+
+  /** Creates the paragraph container for this bubble's view's spans. */
+  private createParagraph(container: SVGGElement): SVGTextElement {
+    return dom.createSvgElement(
+      Svg.TEXT,
+      {
+        'class': 'blocklyText blocklyBubbleText blocklyNoPointerEvents',
+        'y': Bubble.BORDER_WIDTH,
+      },
+      container
+    );
+  }
+
+  /** Creates the spans visualizing the text of this bubble. */
+  private createSpans(parent: SVGTextElement, text: string): SVGTSpanElement[] {
+    return text.split('\n').map((line) => {
+      const tspan = dom.createSvgElement(
+        Svg.TSPAN,
+        {'dy': '1em', 'x': Bubble.BORDER_WIDTH},
+        parent
+      );
+      const textNode = document.createTextNode(line);
+      tspan.appendChild(textNode);
+      return tspan;
+    });
+  }
+
+  /** Right aligns the given spans. */
+  private rightAlignSpans(maxWidth: number, spans: SVGTSpanElement[]) {
+    for (const span of spans) {
+      span.setAttribute('text-anchor', 'end');
+      span.setAttribute('x', `${maxWidth + Bubble.BORDER_WIDTH}`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Updates the size of this bubble to account for the size of the text. */
+  private updateBubbleSize() {
+    const bbox = this.paragraph.getBBox();
+    this.setSize(
+      new Size(
+        bbox.width + Bubble.BORDER_WIDTH * 2,
+        bbox.height + Bubble.BORDER_WIDTH * 2
+      ),
+      true
+    );
+  }
+}