GeneralPreference

General application preferences.

Methods:

getElements, toSource, toSpecifier

Objects:

Boolean, File, Number, Object, PageNumberingOptions, PreviewSizeOptions, ToolTipOptions, ToolsPanelOptions

Property Listing

Property

Type

Access

Description

autoCollapseIconPanels

Boolean

read/write

If true, panel drawers close automatically.

completeFontDownloadGlyphLimit

Number

read/write

The threshold at which to trigger font subsetting based on the number of glyphs the font contains.

includePreview

Boolean

read/write

If true, includes a preview in saved documents.

pageNumbering

PageNumberingOptions

PageNumberingOptions.ABSOLUTE

PageNumberingOptions.SECTION

read/write

The page numbering method.

parent

Application

readonly

The parent of the GeneralPreference (a Application).

placeCursorUsesThumbnails

Boolean

read/write

Controls whether or not to show thumbnails of imported files in the Place icon.

previewSize

PreviewSizeOptions

PreviewSizeOptions.EXTRA_LARGE

PreviewSizeOptions.LARGE

PreviewSizeOptions.MEDIUM

PreviewSizeOptions.SMALL

read/write

The preview size. Note: Valid when include preview is true.

properties

Object

read/write

A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.

temporaryFolder

File

read/write

The location in which to store temporary files.

toolTips

ToolTipOptions

ToolTipOptions.FAST

ToolTipOptions.NONE

ToolTipOptions.NORMAL

read/write

Tool tip behavior.

toolsPanel

ToolsPanelOptions

ToolsPanelOptions.DOUBLE_COLUMN

ToolsPanelOptions.SINGLE_COLUMN

ToolsPanelOptions.SINGLE_ROW

read/write

Controls the appearance of the Tools panel.

Method Listing

GeneralPreference getElements ()

Resolves the object specifier, creating an array of object references.

String toSource ()

Generates a string which, if executed, will return the GeneralPreference.

String toSpecifier ()

Retrieves the object specifier.

Object of

Application.generalPreferences

Return

GeneralPreference.getElements()