[nxn]

That only gives you the option of how you'd like to see it clipped (ex: ellipsis, an indication that the full text is not shown), it will not enable you to wrap the text onto another line. As per word wrap itself, the spec states it is not supported in the intro, and makes a few suggestions (two are essentially doing it manually, and one isn't an option if you'd like IE support): http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-SVG2-20130409/text.html#Introdu...

[WiseWeasel]

It'll be a while before we have to worry about IE supporting SVG 2 in any case.

[nxn]

My concern, in this particular case, is that foreignObject isn't exactly a new addition to this spec, it's been mentioned in SVG specs since at least 2001, and the IE team apparently made the deliberate decision of not implementing it. I'm not sure what their rationale is exactly, but it doesn't appear like they will be changing their minds about it anytime soon.