InDesign2026
API 21.5.1.73
Object

StaticText

A static text control (typically a label for another control or a set of controls).

Widget StaticText
Hierarchy

BorderPanel | DialogColumn | DialogRow | EnablingGroup

StaticText

Properties

NameType AccessDescription
EventListeners<EventListener> readonly A collection of event listeners.
Events<Event> readonly A collection of events.
Number readonly The unique ID of the StaticText.
Number readonly The index of the StaticText within its containing object.
Boolean readonly Returns true if the object specifier resolves to valid objects.
Number read/write The width of the control. For an editbox or combobox, specifies the minimum width of the box.
DialogRow | EnablingGroup | BorderPanel | DialogColumn readonly The parent of the StaticText (a DialogColumn, DialogRow, EnablingGroup or BorderPanel).
Object read/write A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time.
StaticAlignmentOptions
read/write Text alignment for the StaticText.
String read/write Text that appears in the StaticText.

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 Boolean This parameter is obsolete.
StaticText[]

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

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 Boolean This parameter is obsolete.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 StaticText.

String

Retrieves the object specifier.

Object of 3

Properties elsewhere that hold a StaticText.

Parameter of 3

Method parameters that accept a StaticText.

Return 13

Methods that return a StaticText.