Preference

Methods:

addEventListener, getElements, removeEventListener, toSource, toSpecifier

Objects:

Boolean, EventListeners, Events, Object,

Hierarchy:

Class: Preference

Property Listing

Property	Type	Access	Description
eventListeners	EventListeners EventListener	readonly	A collection of event listeners.
events	Events Event	readonly	A collection of events.
isValid	Boolean	readonly	Returns true if the object specifier resolves to valid objects.
parent	AutofitAppearancePreferences AutofitApplicationSettings AutofitDocumentSettings AutofitPageItemSettings Book Button ChangeGrepPreference ChangeObjectPreference ChangeTextPreference ChangeTransliteratePreference Character CharacterStyle CharacterStyleGroup CheckBox ComboBox ContentTransparencySetting Document EPS EPSText EndnoteTextFrame FillTransparencySetting FindChangeContentTransparencySetting FindChangeFillTransparencySetting FindChangeStrokeTransparencySetting FindChangeTransparencySetting FindGrepPreference FindObjectPreference FindTextPreference FindTransliteratePreference FormField Graphic GraphicLine Group HtmlItem Image ImportedPage InsertionPoint Line Link ListBox MasterSpread MediaItem Movie MultiStateObject NamedGrid ObjectStyle Oval PDF PICT Page PageItem PageItemDefault Paragraph ParagraphStyle ParagraphStyleGroup Polygon RadioButton Rectangle Section SignatureField Sound SplineItem Spread Story StrokeTransparencySetting Table Text TextBox TextColumn TextDefault TextFrame TextPath TextStyleRange TextVariable TextWrapPreference TransparencySetting TypefiApplicationSettings TypefiDocumentSettings TypefiPageItemSettings WMF Word XmlStory Application DataMerge	readonly	The parent of the Preference (a Application, Document, HtmlItem, SignatureField, TextBox, RadioButton, ListBox, ComboBox, CheckBox, MultiStateObject, Button, FormField, Sound, Movie, MediaItem, EPSText, Polygon, GraphicLine, Rectangle, Oval, SplineItem, ImportedPage, PICT, WMF, PDF, EPS, Image, Graphic, Group, EndnoteTextFrame, TextFrame, PageItem, TextPath, Table, MasterSpread, Page, Section, ParagraphStyleGroup, ParagraphStyle, CharacterStyleGroup, CharacterStyle, TypefiPageItemSettings, TypefiApplicationSettings, TypefiDocumentSettings, AutofitApplicationSettings, AutofitDocumentSettings, AutofitAppearancePreferences, AutofitPageItemSettings, XmlStory, Spread, FindChangeTransparencySetting, FindChangeStrokeTransparencySetting, FindChangeFillTransparencySetting, FindChangeContentTransparencySetting, PageItemDefault, TransparencySetting, StrokeTransparencySetting, FillTransparencySetting, ContentTransparencySetting, FindObjectPreference, ChangeObjectPreference, Story, TextVariable, TextWrapPreference, Book, Link, ObjectStyle, NamedGrid, TextDefault, InsertionPoint, TextStyleRange, Paragraph, TextColumn, Line, Word, Character, Text, FindTextPreference, ChangeTextPreference, FindGrepPreference, ChangeGrepPreference, FindTransliteratePreference, ChangeTransliteratePreference or DataMerge).
properties	Object	read/write	A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.

Method Listing

EventListener addEventListener (eventType:String, handler:Varies File JavaScriptFunction, [captures:Boolean=Boolean])

Adds an event listener.

Parameter	Type	Description
eventType	String	The event type.
handler	File JavaScriptFunction	The event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.
captures	Boolean	This parameter is obsolete. (Optional) (default: false)

Parameter

Type

Description

eventType

String

The event type.

handler

File

JavaScriptFunction

The event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.

captures

Boolean

This parameter is obsolete. (Optional)

(default: false)

Preference getElements ()

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

Boolean removeEventListener (eventType:String, handler:Varies File JavaScriptFunction, [captures:Boolean=Boolean])

Removes the event listener.

Parameter	Type	Description
eventType	String	The registered event type.
handler	File JavaScriptFunction	The registered event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.
captures	Boolean	This parameter is obsolete. (Optional) (default: false)