@express-document-sdk / TextContentModel

Class: TextContentModel

Represents a complete piece of text content flow, which may be split across multiple TextNode frames for display. Use this model to get or modify the text string and the style ranges applied to it.

Accessors

allTextNodes

get allTextNodes(): Readonly<Iterable<TextNode, any, any>>

Get ordered list of all TextNodes that display this text content in the scenegraph. The text content starts in the first TextNode "frame", and then flows into the second node once it has filled the first one. The ending of the text content may not be visible at all, if the last TextNode "frame" is not large enough to accommodate it.

If there are multiple TextNodes, all of them must be configured to use AreaTextLayout.

Returns

Readonly<Iterable<TextNode, any, any>>


characterStyleRanges

get characterStyleRanges(): readonly CharacterStylesRange[]

The character styles are applied to different ranges of this text content. When setting character styles, any style properties that are not provided are reset to their defaults (contrast to applyCharacterStyles which preserves the text's existing styles for any fields not specified). When getting styles, all fields are always provided.

Note: existing fonts used in the document, returned by this getter, are not guaranteed to be ones the current user has rights to edit with. The setter only accepts the AvailableFont type which has been verified to be usable.

set characterStyleRanges(styles): void

Parameters

styles: readonly CharacterStylesRangeInput[]

Returns

readonly CharacterStylesRange[]


id

get id(): string

A unique identifier for this node that stays the same when the file is closed & reopened, or if the node is moved to a different part of the document.

To determine if two TextNodes are connected to the same TextContentModel, check if both models have the same id. Comparing two models using === will always fail.

Returns

string


paragraphStyleRanges

get paragraphStyleRanges(): readonly ParagraphStylesRange[]

The styles applied to different paragraphs of this text content.

set paragraphStyleRanges(styles): void

Apply styles to different paragraphs of this text content. Any style properties that are not provided are reset to their defaults. When getting styles, all properties are always provided.

Paragraphs are separated by newline characters (\n). The ranges specified here should align with those boundaries. If multiple ranges provided overlap a single paragraph, the first one to overlap is applied to the entire paragraph.

Throws

if the text content contains fonts unavailable to the current user and an ordered-list style is being applied.

Parameters

styles: readonly ParagraphStylesRangeInput[]

Returns

readonly ParagraphStylesRange[]


text

get text(): string

The complete text string, which may span multiple TextNode "frames" in the scenegraph.

set text(textContent): void

Parameters

textContent: string

Returns

string

Methods

applyCharacterStyles()

Experimental

applyCharacterStyles(styles, range?): void

Apply one or more styles to the characters in the given range, leaving any style properties that were not specified unchanged. Does not modify any styles in the text outside this range. Contrast to the characterStyleRanges setter, which specifies new style range(s) for the entire text at once, and resets any unspecified properties back to default styles.

Parameters

styles: CharacterStylesInput

The styles to apply.

range?

The start and length of the character sequence to which the styles should be applied. The styles will be applied to the entire text content flow if not specified. If the specified range doesn't align well with the paragraph boundaries, the range will be expanded to cover the entire paragraphs, it overlaps.

range.length?: number

range.start?: number

Returns

void


applyParagraphStyles()

Experimental

applyParagraphStyles(styles, range?): void

Apply one or more styles to the paragraphs in the given range, leaving any style properties that were not specified unchanged. Does not modify any styles in the text outside this range. Contrast to the paragraphStyleRanges setter, which specifies new style range(s) for the entire text at once, and resets any unspecified properties back to default styles.

Parameters

styles: ParagraphStylesInput

The styles to apply.

range?

The start and length of character sequence to which the styles should be applied. If not specified the styles will be applied to the entire piece of text content flow.

range.length?: number

range.start?: number

Returns

void