InDesign2026
API 21.5.1.73
Enumeration

SelectionOptions

Options for selection status in relation to previously selected objects.

Values

NameType AccessDescription
Number = 1633969202 readonly Adds the object to the existing selection; if no object was previously selected, makes the object the only selected object.
Number = 1919249734 readonly Deselects the object.
Number = 1919250519 readonly Selects the object and deselects any previously selected objects.
Number = 1936028779 readonly Sets the key object. At least 2 objects must be selected, and the key object specified must be one of them.

Parameter of 61

Method parameters that accept an SelectionOptions value.

Application.select(existingSelection)Asset.select(existingSelection)Button.select(existingSelection)Cell.select(existingSelection)Character.select(existingSelection)CheckBox.select(existingSelection)Column.select(existingSelection)ComboBox.select(existingSelection)DTD.select(existingSelection)Document.select(existingSelection)EPS.select(existingSelection)EPSText.select(existingSelection)EndnoteTextFrame.select(existingSelection)FlexObject.select(existingSelection)FormField.select(existingSelection)Graphic.select(existingSelection)GraphicLine.select(existingSelection)Group.select(existingSelection)Guide.select(existingSelection)HtmlItem.select(existingSelection)Image.select(existingSelection)ImportedPage.select(existingSelection)InsertionPoint.select(existingSelection)LayoutWindow.select(existingSelection)LibraryPanel.select(existingSelection)Line.select(existingSelection)ListBox.select(existingSelection)MasterSpread.select(existingSelection)MediaItem.select(existingSelection)Movie.select(existingSelection)MultiStateObject.select(existingSelection)Oval.select(existingSelection)PDF.select(existingSelection)PICT.select(existingSelection)Page.select(existingSelection)PageItem.select(existingSelection)Paragraph.select(existingSelection)Polygon.select(existingSelection)RadioButton.select(existingSelection)Rectangle.select(existingSelection)Row.select(existingSelection)SVG.select(existingSelection)SignatureField.select(existingSelection)Sound.select(existingSelection)SplineItem.select(existingSelection)Spread.select(existingSelection)StoryWindow.select(existingSelection)Table.select(existingSelection)Text.select(existingSelection)TextBox.select(existingSelection)TextColumn.select(existingSelection)TextFrame.select(existingSelection)TextStyleRange.select(existingSelection)WMF.select(existingSelection)Window.select(existingSelection)Word.select(existingSelection)XMLAttribute.select(existingSelection)XMLComment.select(existingSelection)XMLElement.select(existingSelection)XMLInstruction.select(existingSelection)XMLItem.select(existingSelection)