Adobe InDesign CS3 (5.0) Object Model JS: MenuAction

InDesign CS3

Class

MenuAction

 

A menu action.

Superclass of ScriptMenuAction

QuickLinks

addEventListener, extractLabel, getElements, insertLabel, invoke, removeEventListener, toSource, toSpecifier

Hierarchy

Application
MenuAction
ScriptMenuAction
Event | EventListener

Properties

PropertyTypeAccessDescription
areastring readonlyThe menu action area.
checkedbool readonlyIf true, the menu item associated with the menu action is checked.
enabledbool readonlyIf true, the MenuAction is enabled.
eventListenersEventListeners readonlyA collection of event listeners.
eventsEvents readonlyA collection of events.
idnumber readonlyThe unique ID of the MenuAction.
indexnumber readonlyThe index of the MenuAction within its containing object.
labelstring r/wA property that can be set to any string.
namestring readonlyThe name of the MenuAction.
parentApplication readonlyThe parent of the MenuAction (a Application).
propertiesObject r/wA property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.
titlestring readonlyThe name of the MenuAction for display in the user interface. The title includes any ampersand characters (&), which are used to tell the Windows OS to underline the following character in the name for use with the Alt key to navigate to a menu item. Double ampersands are used to display an actual ampersand character in the name. The Mac OS ignores and removes the extra ampersand characters.

Methods

Instances

EventListener addEventListener (eventType: string, handler: any[, captures: bool=false])
Adds an event listener.

ParameterTypeDescription
eventTypestringThe event type.
handlerFile
JavaScript Function
The event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.
capturesboolIf true, the handler is called only in the capturing phase of event propagation. If false, the handler is called in the bubbling phase if the event is an ancestor of the target, or in the at-target phase if the parent of the event listener is itself the target of the event. (Optional) (default: false)

string extractLabel (key: string)
Gets the label value associated with the specified key.

ParameterTypeDescription
keystringThe key.

Array of MenuAction getElements ()
Resolves the object specifier, creating an array of object references.

void insertLabel (key: string, value: string)
Sets the label to the value associated with the specified key.

ParameterTypeDescription
keystringThe key.
valuestringThe value.

void invoke ()
Invoke the action.

bool removeEventListener (eventType: string, handler: any[, captures: bool=false])
Removes the event listener.

ParameterTypeDescription
eventTypestringThe registered event type.
handlerFile
JavaScript Function
The registered event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.
capturesboolIf true, the handler responds only in the capture phase. (Optional) (default: false)

string toSource ()
Generates a string which, if executed, will return the MenuAction.

string toSpecifier ()
Retrieves the object specifier.

Element of

MenuItem.associatedMenuAction

Used in:

array of MenuAction MenuActions.itemByRange (from: any, to: any)

MenuAction MenuActions.nextItem (obj: MenuAction)

MenuAction MenuActions.previousItem (obj: MenuAction)

MenuItem MenuItems.add (associatedMenuAction: MenuAction[, at: LocationOptions=LocationOptions.AT_END][, reference: MenuElement][, withProperties: Object])

Return

Array of MenuAction MenuAction.getElements ()

MenuAction MenuActions.anyItem ()

Array of MenuAction MenuActions.everyItem ()

MenuAction MenuActions.firstItem ()

MenuAction MenuActions.item (index: any)

MenuAction MenuActions.itemByID (id: number)

MenuAction MenuActions.itemByName (name: string)

Array of MenuAction MenuActions.itemByRange (from: any, to: any)

MenuAction MenuActions.lastItem ()

MenuAction MenuActions.middleItem ()

MenuAction MenuActions.nextItem (obj: MenuAction)

MenuAction MenuActions.previousItem (obj: MenuAction)

Jongware, 27-Jun-2010 v3.0.3dContents :: Index