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Object

SymbolItem

An instance of a Symbol.

PageItem ›SymbolItem

Properties

Name	Type	Access	Description
	The	readonly	The object's container.
	Symbol	read/write	The symbol that was used to create this symbol item.
	String	readonly	The class name of the object.

Methods

→ void

Break link to the symbol.

→ SymbolItem

Duplicate this object.

relativeObject Object

insertionLocation ElementPlacement

→ SymbolItem

Move the object.

relativeObject Object

insertionLocation ElementPlacement

→ void

Deletes this object.

→ void

Deletes all elements.

Return 4

Methods that return a SymbolItem.

SymbolItem.duplicate()SymbolItem.move()SymbolItems.add()SymbolItems.getByName()