Language Guide

APPENDIX B
Scriptable Text Editor Dictionary
Scriptable Text Editor Object Class Definitions 339
Text Item B
Objects of class Text Item are delimited by any of the characters specified by the
Scriptable Text Editor’s Text Item Delimiters property or by the beginning or
end of a container. You can modify the Text Item Delimiters property, but such
changes are lost when the user quits the application.
PROPERTIES
Font The name of the font of the text item. If the font varies
within the text item, 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 text item. If the size varies within the
text item, the Size property specifies the size of the first character.
Class: Integer
Modifiable? Yes
Style The text styles of a text object. If the text styles vary within
the text item, 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