InDesign2026
API 21.5.1.73
Object

DisplayPerformancePreference

Default display performance settings for the application.

Preference DisplayPerformancePreference
Hierarchy

Application

DisplayPerformancePreference

Properties

NameType AccessDescription
ViewDisplaySettings
read/write Object-level default display performance settings. Note: The settings do not apply to graphics that are already placed in the document.
EventListeners<EventListener> readonly A collection of event listeners.
Events<Event> readonly A collection of events.
Boolean read/write If true, ignores object-level default display performance settings and uses the application-level default display settings; also prevents setting object-level settings.
Boolean readonly Returns true if the object specifier resolves to valid objects.
Application readonly The parent of the DisplayPerformancePreference (a Application).
Boolean read/write If true, sets application-level preferences to preserve object-level display settings.
Object read/write A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.

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 Boolean This parameter is obsolete.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 Boolean This parameter is obsolete.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 DisplayPerformancePreference.

String

Retrieves the object specifier.

Object of 4

Properties elsewhere that hold a DisplayPerformancePreference.

Return 1

Methods that return a DisplayPerformancePreference.