Adobe InDesign CS4 (6.0) Object Model JS: Menu

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Class

Property	Type	Access	Description
eventListeners	EventListeners	readonly	A collection of event listeners.
events	Events	readonly	A collection of events.
index	number	readonly	The index of the Menu within its containing object.
isValid	bool	readonly	Returns true if the object specifier resolves to valid objects.
menuElements	MenuElements	readonly	A collection of menu elements.
menuItems	MenuItems	readonly	A collection of menu items.
menuSeparators	MenuSeparators	readonly	A collection of menu separators.
name	string	readonly	The name of the Menu.
parent	Application	readonly	The parent of the Menu (a Application).
properties	Object	r/w	A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.
submenus	Submenus	readonly	A collection of submenus.
title	string	readonly	The name of the Menu 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.

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

Parameter	Type	Description
eventType	string	The event type.
handler	File JavaScript Function	The event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.
captures	bool	If 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)

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

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

Parameter	Type	Description
eventType	string	The registered event type.
handler	File JavaScript Function	The registered event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.
captures	bool	If true, the handler responds only in the capture phase. (Optional) (default: false)