Object

Event

An event.

Extended byDocumentEvent·IdleEvent·ImportExportEvent·MutationEvent·PrintEvent

Properties

Type	Access	Description
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 Event.
Number	readonly	The index of the Event within its containing object.
Boolean	readonly	Returns true if the object specifier resolves to valid objects.
AdjustLayoutPreference \| AlignDistributePreference \| AnchoredObjectDefault \| AnchoredObjectSetting \| AngleCombobox \| AngleEditbox \| AnimationBehavior \| AnimationSetting \| Application \| Article \| ArticleChild \| ArticleMember \| Asset \| AssignedStory \| Assignment \| AutoCorrectPreference \| AutoCorrectTable \| BackgroundTask \| BaselineFrameGridOption \| Behavior \| BevelAndEmbossSetting \| BlendingSetting \| Book \| BookContent \| Bookmark \| BorderPanel \| BuildingBlock \| Bullet \| Button \| ButtonPreference \| CaptionMetadataVariablePreference \| Cell \| CellStyle \| CellStyleGroup \| CellStyleMapping \| Change \| ChangeColorPreference \| ChangeGlyphPreference \| ChangeGrepPreference \| ChangeObjectPreference \| ChangeTextPreference \| ChangeTransliteratePreference \| ChapterNumberPreference \| ChapterNumberVariablePreference \| CharStyleMapping \| Character \| CharacterStyle \| CharacterStyleGroup \| CheckBox \| CheckboxControl \| CjkGridPreference \| ClearFormBehavior \| ClipboardPreference \| ClippingPathSettings \| Color \| ColorGroup \| ColorGroupSwatch \| ColorSetting \| Column \| ComboBox \| CompositeFont \| CompositeFontEntry \| Condition \| ConditionSet \| ConditionalTextPreference \| ContentPlacerObject \| ContentTransparencySetting \| ContourOption \| CrossReference \| CrossReferenceFormat \| CrossReferenceSource \| CustomTextVariablePreference \| DTD \| DashedStrokeStyle \| DataMerge \| DataMergeField \| DataMergeImagePlaceholder \| DataMergeOption \| DataMergePreference \| DataMergeQrcodePlaceholder \| DataMergeTextPlaceholder \| DateVariablePreference \| Dialog \| DialogColumn \| DialogRow \| DictionaryPreference \| DirectionalFeatherSetting \| DisplayPerformancePreference \| DisplaySetting \| Document \| DocumentPreference \| DocumentPreset \| DottedStrokeStyle \| DropShadowSetting \| Dropdown \| EPS \| EPSExportPreference \| EPSImportPreference \| EPSText \| EPubExportPreference \| EPubExportPreviewAppPreference \| EPubFixedLayoutExportPreference \| EnablingGroup \| Endnote \| EndnoteOption \| EndnoteRange \| EndnoteTextFrame \| ExcelImportPreference \| ExportForWebPreference \| FeatherSetting \| FileNameVariablePreference \| FillTransparencySetting \| FindChangeBevelAndEmbossSetting \| FindChangeBlendingSetting \| FindChangeColorOption \| FindChangeContentTransparencySetting \| FindChangeDirectionalFeatherSetting \| FindChangeDropShadowSetting \| FindChangeFeatherSetting \| FindChangeFillTransparencySetting \| FindChangeGlyphOption \| FindChangeGradientFeatherSetting \| FindChangeGrepOption \| FindChangeInnerGlowSetting \| FindChangeInnerShadowSetting \| FindChangeObjectOption \| FindChangeOuterGlowSetting \| FindChangeSatinSetting \| FindChangeStrokeTransparencySetting \| FindChangeTextOption \| FindChangeTransliterateOption \| FindChangeTransparencySetting \| FindColorPreference \| FindGlyphPreference \| FindGrepPreference \| FindObjectPreference \| FindTextPreference \| FindTransliteratePreference \| FlattenerPreference \| FlattenerPreset \| FlexLayoutAttributeOption \| FlexObject \| Font \| FontLockingPreference \| FontSyncPreference \| Footnote \| FootnoteOption \| FormField \| FrameFittingOption \| GalleyPreference \| GeneralPreference \| GotoAnchorBehavior \| GotoFirstPageBehavior \| GotoLastPageBehavior \| GotoNextPageBehavior \| GotoNextStateBehavior \| GotoNextViewBehavior \| GotoPageBehavior \| GotoPreviousPageBehavior \| GotoPreviousStateBehavior \| GotoPreviousViewBehavior \| GotoStateBehavior \| GotoURLBehavior \| GpuPerformancePreference \| GrabberPreference \| Gradient \| GradientFeatherSetting \| GradientStop \| Graphic \| GraphicLayer \| GraphicLayerOption \| GraphicLine \| GridDataInformation \| GridPreference \| GridPrintingPreference \| Group \| Guide \| GuidePreference \| HTMLExportPreference \| HTMLFXLExportPreference \| HiddenText \| Html5ExportPreference \| HtmlItem \| HttpLinkConnectionManagerObject \| Hyperlink \| HyperlinkExternalPageDestination \| HyperlinkPageDestination \| HyperlinkPageItemSource \| HyperlinkTextDestination \| HyperlinkTextSource \| HyperlinkURLDestination \| HyphenationException \| IDBasedObject \| IMEPreference \| IdleTask \| Image \| ImageIOPreference \| ImagePreference \| ImportedPage \| ImportedPageAttribute \| InCopyExportOption \| Index \| IndexOptions \| IndexSection \| IndexingSortOption \| Ink \| InnerGlowSetting \| InnerShadowSetting \| InsertionPoint \| IntegerCombobox \| IntegerEditbox \| InteractivePDFExportPreference \| JPEGExportPreference \| KinsokuTable \| Language \| LanguageWithVendors \| Layer \| LayoutGridDataInformation \| LayoutWindow \| Library \| LibraryPanel \| Line \| Link \| LinkMetadata \| LinkedPageItemOption \| LinkedStoryOption \| LinkingPreference \| ListBox \| MarginPreference \| MasterSpread \| MatchCharacterStylePreference \| MatchParagraphStylePreference \| MathObject \| MeasurementCombobox \| MeasurementEditbox \| MediaItem \| Menu \| MenuAction \| MenuElement \| MenuItem \| MenuSeparator \| MetadataPreference \| MixedInk \| MixedInkGroup \| MojikumiTable \| MojikumiUiPreference \| MotionPreset \| Movie \| MovieBehavior \| MultiStateObject \| NamedGrid \| NavigationPoint \| NestedGrepStyle \| NestedStyle \| NonIDBasedObject \| Note \| NotePreference \| NumberingList \| NumberingRestartPolicy \| ObjectExportOption \| ObjectStyle \| ObjectStyleContentEffectsCategorySettings \| ObjectStyleExportTagMap \| ObjectStyleFillEffectsCategorySettings \| ObjectStyleGroup \| ObjectStyleObjectEffectsCategorySettings \| ObjectStyleStrokeEffectsCategorySettings \| OpacityGradientStop \| OpenFileBehavior \| OuterGlowSetting \| Oval \| PDF \| PDFAttribute \| PDFComment \| PDFExportPreference \| PDFExportPreset \| PDFPlacePreference \| PICT \| PNGExportPreference \| Page \| PageItem \| PageItemDefault \| PageNumberVariablePreference \| PageReference \| PagesPanel \| Panel \| ParaStyleMapping \| Paragraph \| ParagraphDestination \| ParagraphStyle \| ParagraphStyleGroup \| PasteboardPreference \| Path \| PathPoint \| PercentCombobox \| PercentEditbox \| PlaceGun \| Polygon \| PolygonPreference \| Preference \| PreflightBookOption \| PreflightOption \| PreflightProcess \| PreflightProfile \| PreflightProfileRule \| PreflightRule \| PreflightRuleInstance \| PrintBookletOption \| PrintBookletPrintPreference \| PrintFormBehavior \| PrintPreference \| PrinterPreset \| PublishExportPreference \| RadioButton \| RadiobuttonControl \| RadiobuttonGroup \| RealCombobox \| RealEditbox \| Rectangle \| Reply \| RootObject \| Row \| RuleDataObject \| SVG \| SatinSetting \| ScriptArg \| ScriptMenuAction \| ScriptPreference \| Section \| ShowHideFieldsBehavior \| SignatureField \| SmartGuidePreference \| Snippet \| Sound \| SoundBehavior \| SpellPreference \| SplineItem \| Spread \| State \| StaticText \| Story \| StoryGridDataInformation \| StoryPreference \| StoryWindow \| StripedStrokeStyle \| StrokeFillProxySetting \| StrokeStyle \| StrokeTransparencySetting \| StyleExportTagMap \| Submenu \| SubmitFormBehavior \| Swatch \| TOCStyle \| TOCStyleEntry \| TabStop \| Table \| TableStyle \| TableStyleGroup \| TableStyleMapping \| TaggedPDFPreference \| TaggedTextExportPreference \| TaggedTextImportPreference \| Text \| TextBox \| TextColumn \| TextDefault \| TextEditbox \| TextEditingPreference \| TextExportPreference \| TextFrame \| TextFramePreference \| TextImportPreference \| TextPath \| TextPreference \| TextStyleRange \| TextVariable \| TextVariableInstance \| TextWrapPreference \| TimingGroup \| TimingList \| TimingSetting \| TimingTarget \| Tint \| ToolBox \| Topic \| TrackChangesPreference \| TransformAttributeOption \| TransformPreference \| TransformationMatrix \| TransparencyPreference \| TransparencySetting \| TrapPreset \| TypeContextualUiPreference \| UIDBasedObject \| UserDictionary \| ValidationError \| ViewPreference \| ViewZoomBehavior \| WMF \| WatermarkPreference \| Widget \| Window \| Word \| WordRTFImportPreference \| XMLAttribute \| XMLComment \| XMLElement \| XMLExportMap \| XMLExportPreference \| XMLImportMap \| XMLImportPreference \| XMLInstruction \| XMLItem \| XMLPreference \| XMLRuleMatchData \| XMLRuleProcessor \| XMLTag \| XMLViewPreference \| XmlStory \| NestedLineStyle \| Object	readonly	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, MathObject, Section, MojikumiTable, KinsokuTable, Guide, LanguageWithVendors, Language, 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, 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, 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, Html5ExportPreference, PublishExportPreference, HTMLFXLExportPreference, EPubExportPreviewAppPreference, EPubFixedLayoutExportPreference, HTMLExportPreference, EPubExportPreference, ConditionalTextPreference, TimingSetting, AnimationSetting, TransformAttributeOption, AlignDistributePreference, TypeContextualUiPreference, GrabberPreference, FlexLayoutAttributeOption, ObjectStyleContentEffectsCategorySettings, ObjectStyleFillEffectsCategorySettings, ObjectStyleStrokeEffectsCategorySettings, ObjectStyleObjectEffectsCategorySettings, ChapterNumberPreference, NumberingRestartPolicy, Bullet, DataMerge, DataMergeOption, DataMergePreference, JPEGExportPreference, TrackChangesPreference, NotePreference, TransformPreference, ClipboardPreference, GeneralPreference, WatermarkPreference, ButtonPreference, PNGExportPreference, PreflightBookOption, PreflightOption, XMLViewPreference, GpuPerformancePreference, DisplaySetting, 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).
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.
Date	readonly	The time the event was initialized.

Events

Name	Description
	Dispatched after the Event becomes active. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	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.
	Dispatched after the active context changes. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched after a Event is deleted. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched after a Event is embedded. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched after the Event is invoked. This event does not bubble. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched after one or more links in the Event have been added, deleted, or modified. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched after a Event is relocated from one object to another. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched after a Event is created. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched after a Event is opened. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched after a Event is placed. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	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.
	Dispatched after a script method is invoked. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched after an attribute on the active selection changes. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched after the active selection changes. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched after a Event is unembedded. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched after a Event is updated. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched before a Event is closed. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
	Dispatched before the Event becomes inactive. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched before a Event is deleted. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
	Dispatched before the Event is displayed. This event does not bubble. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched before a Event is embedded. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
	Dispatched before the Event is invoked. This event does not bubble. This event is cancelable.
	Dispatched before a Event is relocated from one object to another. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
	Dispatched before a Event is placed. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
	Dispatched before the Event is quit. Allows the quit to be canceled. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
	Dispatched before a script method is invoked. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched before a Event is unembedded. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
	Dispatched before a Event is updated. This event bubbles. This event is cancelable.
	Dispatched after the Event changes. This event bubbles. This event is not cancelable.
	Dispatched when the Event is invoked. This event does not bubble. This event is not cancelable.

Methods

→ Event[]

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 Event.

→ String

Retrieves the object specifier.

Object of 1

Properties elsewhere that hold a Event.

MutationEvent.parent

Parameter of 3

Method parameters that accept a Event.

Events.itemByRange(from)Events.nextItem(obj)Events.previousItem(obj)

Return 12

Methods that return a Event.

Event.getElements()Events.[]()Events.anyItem()Events.everyItem()Events.firstItem()Events.item()Events.itemByID()Events.itemByRange()Events.lastItem()Events.middleItem()Events.nextItem()Events.previousItem()