InDesign Server2025
API 20.5.0.49
Object

IdleEvent

An idle event.

Event IdleEvent
Hierarchy

IdleTask

IdleEvent

Properties

NameType AccessDescription
Boolean readonly If true, the event supports the bubbling phase of propagation.
Boolean readonly If true, the default behavior of the event on its target can be canceled.
Object readonly The current propagation target of the event.
Boolean readonly If true, the default behavior of the event on its target has been canceled.
EventPhases
readonly The current propagation phase of the event.
String readonly The name of the event.
Number readonly The unique ID of the IdleEvent.
Number readonly The index of the IdleEvent within its containing object.
Boolean readonly Returns true if the object specifier resolves to valid objects.
IdleTask readonly The parent of the IdleEvent (a IdleTask).
Boolean readonly If true, propagation of the event beyond the current target has been stopped.
Object read/write A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.
Object readonly The target of the event.
Number readonly Amount of time allocated to this task at the time the event was dispatched.
Date readonly The time the event was initialized.

Events

NameDescription
Dispatched at idle time for this IdleEvent. This event does not bubble. This event is not cancelable.

Methods

IdleEvent[]

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

void

Cancels the default behavior of the event on its target.

void

Stops propagation of the event beyond the current target.

String

Generates a string which, if executed, will return the IdleEvent.

String

Retrieves the object specifier.

Object of 1

Properties elsewhere that hold a IdleEvent.

Return 1

Methods that return a IdleEvent.