TabStop

A tab stop.

Methods:

getElements, remove, toSource, toSpecifier

Objects:

Boolean, Number, Object, String, TabStopAlignment,

Property Listing

Property

Type

Access

Description

alignment

TabStopAlignment

TabStopAlignment.CENTER_ALIGN

TabStopAlignment.CHARACTER_ALIGN

TabStopAlignment.LEFT_ALIGN

TabStopAlignment.RIGHT_ALIGN

read/write

The tab stop alignment.

alignmentCharacter

String

read/write

The tab stop alignment character. Note: Valid when alignment is character align.

index

Number

readonly

The index of the TabStop within its containing object.

isValid

Boolean

readonly

Returns true if the object specifier resolves to valid objects.

leader

String

read/write

The tab stop leader.

parent

Character

InsertionPoint

Line

Paragraph

ParagraphStyle

Text

TextColumn

TextStyleRange

Word

Story

TextDefault

readonly

The parent of the TabStop (a TextDefault, Paragraph, ParagraphStyle, Text, Character, Word, Line, TextColumn, TextStyleRange, InsertionPoint or Story).

position

Number

String

read/write

The position of the tab stop.

properties

Object

read/write

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

Method Listing

TabStop getElements ()

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

undefined remove ()

Deletes the TabStop.

String toSource ()

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

String toSpecifier ()

Retrieves the object specifier.

Return

TabStops.add()

TabStop.getElements()

TabStops.anyItem()

TabStops.everyItem()

TabStops.nextItem()

TabStops.previousItem()

TabStops.item()

TabStops.[]()

TabStops.itemByName()

TabStops.itemByRange()

TabStops.firstItem()

TabStops.lastItem()

TabStops.middleItem()