Event
An event.
Class
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String BEFORE_PLACE = beforePlace
Dispatched before a Event is placed. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
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String AFTER_PLACE = afterPlace
Dispatched after a Event is placed. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
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String AFTER_LINKS_CHANGED = afterLinksChanged
Dispatched after one or more links in the Event have been added, deleted, or modified. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
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String AFTER_NEW = afterNew
Dispatched after a Event is created. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
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String BEFORE_DELETE = beforeDelete
Dispatched before a Event is deleted. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
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String AFTER_DELETE = afterDelete
Dispatched after a Event is deleted. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
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String BEFORE_UPDATE = beforeUpdate
Dispatched before a Event is updated. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
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String AFTER_UPDATE = afterUpdate
Dispatched after a Event is updated. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
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String BEFORE_EMBED = beforeEmbed
Dispatched before a Event is embedded. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
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String AFTER_EMBED = afterEmbed
Dispatched after a Event is embedded. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
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String BEFORE_UNEMBED = beforeUnembed
Dispatched before a Event is unembedded. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
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String AFTER_UNEMBED = afterUnembed
Dispatched after a Event is unembedded. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
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String BEFORE_MOVE = beforeMove
Dispatched before a Event is relocated from one object to another. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
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String AFTER_MOVE = afterMove
Dispatched after a Event is relocated from one object to another. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
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String ON_INVOKE = onInvoke
Dispatched when the Event is invoked. This event does not bubble. This event is not cancelable.
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String BEFORE_INVOKE = beforeInvoke
Dispatched before the Event is invoked. This event does not bubble. This event is cancelable.
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String AFTER_INVOKE = afterInvoke
Dispatched after the Event is invoked. This event does not bubble. This event is not cancelable.
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String BEFORE_DISPLAY = beforeDisplay
Dispatched before the Event is displayed. This event does not bubble. This event is not cancelable.
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String BEFORE_QUIT = beforeQuit
Dispatched before the Event is quit. Allows the quit to be canceled. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
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String AFTER_QUIT = afterQuit
Dispatched when the Event is quitting. Since the quit has been committed, it can not be canceled. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
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String AFTER_CONTEXT_CHANGED = afterContextChanged
Dispatched after the active context changes. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
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String AFTER_SELECTION_CHANGED = afterSelectionChanged
Dispatched after the active selection changes. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
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String AFTER_SELECTION_ATTRIBUTE_CHANGED = afterSelectionAttributeChanged
Dispatched after an attribute on the active selection changes. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
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String BEFORE_DEACTIVATE = beforeDeactivate
Dispatched before the Event becomes inactive. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
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String AFTER_ACTIVATE = afterActivate
Dispatched after the Event becomes active. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
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String AFTER_OPEN = afterOpen
Dispatched after a Event is opened. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
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String BEFORE_CLOSE = beforeClose
Dispatched before a Event is closed. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
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String AFTER_CLOSE = afterClose
Dispatched when a Event is closing. Since the close has been committed, it can no longer be canceled. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
Instance
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String eventType
The name of the event.
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Object target
The target of the event.
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Object currentTarget
The current propagation target of the event.
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EventPhases eventPhase
The current propagation phase of the event.
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Boolean bubbles
If true, the event supports the bubbling phase of propagation.
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Boolean cancelable
If true, the default behavior of the event on its target can be canceled.
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Date timeStamp
The time the event was initialized.
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Boolean propagationStopped
If true, propagation of the event beyond the current target has been stopped.
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Boolean defaultPrevented
If true, the default behavior of the event on its target has been canceled.
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Number id
The unique ID of the Event.
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Boolean isValid
Returns true if the object specifier resolves to valid objects.
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Mixed parent
The parent of the Event (a Object, UIDBasedObject, CellStyleGroup, CellStyle, TableStyleGroup, Article, ConditionSet, HiddenText, Condition, MotionPreset, AssignedStory, Assignment, ObjectStyleGroup, ObjectStyle, NumberingList, Snippet, Dialog, ColorGroup, Swatch, Color, Tint, Gradient, MixedInkGroup, MixedInk, Behavior, SubmitFormBehavior, PrintFormBehavior, ClearFormBehavior, GotoPageBehavior, GotoAnchorBehavior, SoundBehavior, ViewZoomBehavior, GotoStateBehavior, GotoPreviousStateBehavior, GotoNextStateBehavior, OpenFileBehavior, AnimationBehavior, ShowHideFieldsBehavior, MovieBehavior, GotoURLBehavior, GotoPreviousViewBehavior, GotoNextViewBehavior, GotoPreviousPageBehavior, GotoNextPageBehavior, GotoLastPageBehavior, GotoFirstPageBehavior, PreflightProfileRule, PreflightRuleInstance, PreflightProfile, CrossReferenceFormat, HyperlinkURLDestination, HyperlinkExternalPageDestination, HyperlinkPageDestination, HyperlinkTextDestination, ParagraphDestination, HyperlinkTextSource, CrossReferenceSource, HyperlinkPageItemSource, Bookmark, Hyperlink, IndexSection, PageReference, CrossReference, Index, TOCStyle, FlattenerPreset, BookContent, MenuAction, ScriptMenuAction, NamedGrid, CompositeFontEntry, CompositeFont, CharacterStyleGroup, ParagraphStyleGroup, TextVariableInstance, Footnote, XMLRuleProcessor, XMLTag, Note, TableStyle, TextPath, Asset, Link, Section, MojikumiTable, KinsokuTable, Guide, LanguageWithVendors, Language, PageItem, HtmlItem, FormField, SignatureField, TextBox, RadioButton, ListBox, ComboBox, CheckBox, MultiStateObject, Button, MediaItem, Sound, Movie, EPSText, SplineItem, Polygon, GraphicLine, Rectangle, Oval, Graphic, SVG, ImportedPage, PICT, WMF, PDF, EPS, Image, Group, TextFrame, EndnoteTextFrame, EndnoteRange, Endnote, Reply, PDFComment, MasterSpread, TrapPreset, Ink, DocumentPreset, Page, Spread, Layer, CharacterStyle, ParagraphStyle, Story, XmlStory, IDBasedObject, ArticleChild, ArticleMember, DialogRow, DialogColumn, Widget, BorderPanel, MeasurementEditbox, MeasurementCombobox, RealCombobox, AngleEditbox, PercentEditbox, RealEditbox, PercentCombobox, AngleCombobox, EnablingGroup, IntegerCombobox, IntegerEditbox, RadiobuttonControl, RadiobuttonGroup, CheckboxControl, Dropdown, StaticText, TextEditbox, ColorGroupSwatch, BackgroundTask, State, RuleDataObject, XMLItem, DTD, XMLInstruction, XMLComment, XMLElement, Table, Cell, IdleTask, StrokeStyle, StripedStrokeStyle, DottedStrokeStyle, DashedStrokeStyle, GraphicLayer, NonIDBasedObject, TableStyleMapping, CharStyleMapping, CellStyleMapping, ParaStyleMapping, TimingTarget, TimingGroup, TimingList, OpacityGradientStop, ObjectStyleExportTagMap, DataMergeQrcodePlaceholder, DataMergeField, DataMergeImagePlaceholder, DataMergeTextPlaceholder, Panel, LibraryPanel, PagesPanel, Window, StoryWindow, LayoutWindow, NavigationPoint, PreflightProcess, PreflightRule, BuildingBlock, DisplaySetting, IndexingSortOption, Topic, TOCStyleEntry, MenuElement, MenuSeparator, MenuItem, Submenu, Menu, StyleExportTagMap, TextVariable, XMLRuleMatchData, ValidationError, XMLExportMap, XMLImportMap, XMLAttribute, PrinterPreset, Row, Column, Change, HttpLinkConnectionManagerObject, RootObject, Document, Application, Book, Library, Preference, ContentPlacerObject, LinkedPageItemOption, LinkedStoryOption, PublishExportPreference, HTMLFXLExportPreference, EPubExportPreviewAppPreference, EPubFixedLayoutExportPreference, HTMLExportPreference, EPubExportPreference, ConditionalTextPreference, TimingSetting, AnimationSetting, TransformAttributeOption, AlignDistributePreference, TypeContextualUiPreference, GrabberPreference, ObjectStyleContentEffectsCategorySettings, ObjectStyleFillEffectsCategorySettings, ObjectStyleStrokeEffectsCategorySettings, ObjectStyleObjectEffectsCategorySettings, ChapterNumberPreference, NumberingRestartPolicy, Bullet, DataMerge, DataMergeOption, DataMergePreference, JPEGExportPreference, TrackChangesPreference, NotePreference, TransformPreference, ClipboardPreference, GeneralPreference, WatermarkPreference, ButtonPreference, PNGExportPreference, PreflightBookOption, PreflightOption, XMLViewPreference, GpuPerformancePreference, DisplayPerformancePreference, IndexOptions, LinkMetadata, MetadataPreference, ExcelImportPreference, TaggedTextImportPreference, TaggedTextExportPreference, WordRTFImportPreference, TextExportPreference, TextImportPreference, FindChangeContentTransparencySetting, FindChangeFillTransparencySetting, FindChangeStrokeTransparencySetting, FindChangeTransparencySetting, GradientFeatherSetting, FindChangeGradientFeatherSetting, DirectionalFeatherSetting, FindChangeDirectionalFeatherSetting, ContentTransparencySetting, SatinSetting, FindChangeSatinSetting, BevelAndEmbossSetting, FindChangeBevelAndEmbossSetting, InnerGlowSetting, FindChangeInnerGlowSetting, OuterGlowSetting, FindChangeOuterGlowSetting, InnerShadowSetting, FindChangeInnerShadowSetting, FeatherSetting, FindChangeFeatherSetting, DropShadowSetting, FindChangeDropShadowSetting, BlendingSetting, FindChangeBlendingSetting, FillTransparencySetting, StrokeTransparencySetting, TransparencySetting, TransparencyPreference, FlattenerPreference, GalleyPreference, GridPrintingPreference, CjkGridPreference, StoryGridDataInformation, LayoutGridDataInformation, GridDataInformation, CaptionMetadataVariablePreference, CustomTextVariablePreference, MatchParagraphStylePreference, MatchCharacterStylePreference, FileNameVariablePreference, DateVariablePreference, ChapterNumberVariablePreference, PageNumberVariablePreference, FootnoteOption, BaselineFrameGridOption, AnchoredObjectSetting, AnchoredObjectDefault, ExportForWebPreference, XMLPreference, XMLExportPreference, XMLImportPreference, InCopyExportOption, LinkingPreference, ChangeColorPreference, FindColorPreference, FindChangeColorOption, ChangeTransliteratePreference, ChangeObjectPreference, ChangeGlyphPreference, ChangeGrepPreference, ChangeTextPreference, FindTransliteratePreference, FindObjectPreference, FindGlyphPreference, FindGrepPreference, FindTextPreference, FindChangeTransliterateOption, FindChangeObjectOption, FindChangeGlyphOption, FindChangeGrepOption, FindChangeTextOption, ColorSetting, ScriptArg, ScriptPreference, PlaceGun, AdjustLayoutPreference, StrokeFillProxySetting, ImportedPageAttribute, EPSImportPreference, SmartGuidePreference, AutoCorrectPreference, SpellPreference, PolygonPreference, DictionaryPreference, FontLockingPreference, MojikumiUiPreference, ContourOption, TextWrapPreference, TextEditingPreference, FrameFittingOption, ObjectExportOption, PageItemDefault, FontSyncPreference, EndnoteOption, TaggedPDFPreference, InteractivePDFExportPreference, PDFAttribute, PDFPlacePreference, PDFExportPreference, IMEPreference, GraphicLayerOption, ClippingPathSettings, ImageIOPreference, ImagePreference, ToolBox, EPSExportPreference, PrintBookletPrintPreference, PrintBookletOption, PrintPreference, ViewPreference, PasteboardPreference, MarginPreference, GuidePreference, GridPreference, DocumentPreference, TextDefault, TextPreference, TextFramePreference, StoryPreference, PathPoint, Path, GradientStop, AutoCorrectTable, UserDictionary, HyphenationException, Font, TransformationMatrix, PDFExportPreset, NestedStyle, TabStop, Text, InsertionPoint, TextStyleRange, Paragraph, TextColumn, Line, Word, Character, NestedGrepStyle or NestedLineStyle).
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Number index
The index of the Event within its containing object.
Object properties
A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.
Methods
stopPropagation()
Stops propagation of the event beyond the current target.
preventDefault()
Cancels the default behavior of the event on its target.
String toSource()
Generates a string which, if executed, will return the Event.
Event getElements()
Resolves the object specifier, creating an array of object references.
String toSpecifier()
Retrieves the object specifier.