Language Guide

APPENDIX B
Scriptable Text Editor Dictionary
332 Scriptable Text Editor Object Class Definitions
PROPERTIES
Font The name of the font of the characters of the paragraph. If the
font varies within the paragraph, the Font property specifies the
font of the first character.
Class: String
Modifiable? Yes
Length The number of characters in a text object.
Class: Integer
Modifiable? No
Offset The offset, in characters, from the beginning of the document to
the first character of a text object.
Class: Integer
Modifiable? No
Size The size, in points, of the characters of the paragraph. If the size
varies within the paragraph, the Size property specifies the size
of the first character.
Class: Integer
Modifiable? Yes
Style The text styles of the characters of the paragraph. If the text
styles vary within the paragraph, the Style property specifies
the styles of the first character.
Class: Text Style Info. Objects of this class have two properties:
On Styles and Off Styles. The On Styles property specifies the
styles that apply to the text object. The Off Styles property
specifies the styles that do not apply to the text object. Both
properties are lists of constants that specify text styles. See
“Elements of Text Objects” on page 314 for information about
how styles are used. The constants that can be used in Style
property lists are bold, italic, outline, underline, and
shadow.
Modifiable? Yes
Uniform Styles
The text styles that are uniformly “on” or “off” for all characters
of a text object.
Class: Text Style Info. Objects of this class have two properties:
On Styles and Off Styles. The On Styles property specifies the
styles that apply to all the characters of the text object. The Off
Styles property specifies the styles that do not apply to any of