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InDesign2026 InDesign Server2025 Illustrator29 PhotoshopCC 2015.5 Bridge2021 Core JavaScriptExtendScript only ScriptUIExtendScript only
API 21.5.1.73
Object

ContentTransparencySetting

Transparency settings for the content of the parent object.

Preference ›ContentTransparencySetting
Hierarchy

Button | CheckBox | ComboBox | EPS | EPSText | EndnoteTextFrame | FlexObject | FormField | Graphic | GraphicLine | Group | HtmlItem | Image | ImportedPage | ListBox | MediaItem | Movie | MultiStateObject | ObjectStyle | Oval | PDF | PICT | PageItem | PageItemDefault | Polygon | RadioButton | Rectangle | SVG | SignatureField | Sound | SplineItem | TextBox | TextFrame | WMF

ContentTransparencySetting

11 preference objects

BevelAndEmbossSetting | BlendingSetting | DirectionalFeatherSetting | DropShadowSetting | FeatherSetting | GradientFeatherSetting | InnerGlowSetting | InnerShadowSetting | OuterGlowSetting | Preference | SatinSetting

Properties

NameType AccessDescription
BevelAndEmbossSetting readonly Settings related to the bevel and emboss effect.
BlendingSetting readonly Blending mode settings.
DirectionalFeatherSetting readonly Settings related to the directional feather effect.
DropShadowSetting readonly Settings related to the drop shadow effect.
EventListeners<EventListener> readonly A collection of event listeners.
Events<Event> readonly A collection of events.
FeatherSetting readonly Settings related to the feather effect.
GradientFeatherSetting readonly Settings related to the gradient feather effect.
InnerGlowSetting readonly Settings related to the inner glow effect.
InnerShadowSetting readonly Settings related to the inner shadow effect.
Boolean readonly Returns true if the object specifier resolves to valid objects.
OuterGlowSetting readonly Settings related to the outer glow effect.
Button | CheckBox | ComboBox | EPS | EPSText | EndnoteTextFrame | FlexObject | FormField | Graphic | GraphicLine | Group | HtmlItem | Image | ImportedPage | ListBox | MediaItem | Movie | MultiStateObject | Oval | PDF | PICT | PageItemDefault | Polygon | RadioButton | Rectangle | SVG | SignatureField | Sound | SplineItem | TextBox | TextFrame | WMF | ObjectStyle | PageItem readonly The parent of the ContentTransparencySetting (a PageItem, HtmlItem, FlexObject, 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, PageItemDefault or ObjectStyle).
Preferences<Preference> readonly A collection of preferences objects.
Object read/write A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.
SatinSetting readonly Settings related to the satin effect

Methods

→ EventListener

Adds an event listener.

eventType String The event type.
handler File | JavaScriptFunction The event handler. Can accept: File or JavaScript Function.
captures? Boolean This parameter is obsolete.
→ Boolean

Removes the event listener.

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.
→ String

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

→ String

Retrieves the object specifier.

Object of 48

Properties elsewhere that hold a ContentTransparencySetting.

BevelAndEmbossSetting.parentBlendingSetting.parentButton.contentTransparencySettingsCheckBox.contentTransparencySettingsComboBox.contentTransparencySettingsDirectionalFeatherSetting.parentDropShadowSetting.parentEPS.contentTransparencySettingsEPSText.contentTransparencySettingsEndnoteTextFrame.contentTransparencySettingsEvent.parentEventListener.parentFeatherSetting.parentFlexObject.contentTransparencySettingsFormField.contentTransparencySettingsGradientFeatherSetting.parentGraphic.contentTransparencySettingsGraphicLine.contentTransparencySettingsGroup.contentTransparencySettingsHtmlItem.contentTransparencySettingsImage.contentTransparencySettingsImportedPage.contentTransparencySettingsInnerGlowSetting.parentInnerShadowSetting.parentListBox.contentTransparencySettingsMediaItem.contentTransparencySettingsMovie.contentTransparencySettingsMultiStateObject.contentTransparencySettingsMutationEvent.parentObjectStyle.contentTransparencySettingsOuterGlowSetting.parentOval.contentTransparencySettingsPDF.contentTransparencySettingsPICT.contentTransparencySettingsPageItem.contentTransparencySettingsPageItemDefault.contentTransparencySettingsPolygon.contentTransparencySettingsPreference.parentRadioButton.contentTransparencySettingsRectangle.contentTransparencySettingsSVG.contentTransparencySettingsSatinSetting.parentSignatureField.contentTransparencySettingsSound.contentTransparencySettingsSplineItem.contentTransparencySettingsTextBox.contentTransparencySettingsTextFrame.contentTransparencySettingsWMF.contentTransparencySettings

Return 1

Methods that return a ContentTransparencySetting.

ContentTransparencySetting.getElements()