GraphicStyle¶

app.activeDocument.graphicStyles[index]

Description¶

A graphic style. Each graphic style defines a set of appearance attributes that you can apply non-destructively to page items. Graphic styles are contained in documents. Scripts cannot create new graphic styles.

Properties¶

GraphicStyle.name¶

app.activeDocument.graphicStyles[index].name

Description¶

The graphic style name.

Type¶

String.

GraphicStyle.parent¶

app.activeDocument.graphicStyles[index].parent

Description¶

The document that contains this graphic style.

Type¶

Document; read-only.

GraphicStyle.typename¶

app.activeDocument.graphicStyles[index].typename

Description¶

The class name of the referenced object.

Type¶

String; read-only.

Methods¶

GraphicStyle.applyTo()¶

app.activeDocument.graphicStyles[index].applyTo(artItem)

Description¶

Applies this art style to a specified art item.

Parameters¶

Parameter	Type	Description
`artItem`	PageItem	Target art item

Returns¶

Nothing.

GraphicStyle.mergeTo()¶

app.activeDocument.graphicStyles[index].mergeTo(artItem)

Description¶

Merges this art style into the current styles of a specified art item.

Parameters¶

Parameter	Type	Description
`artItem`	PageItem	Target art item

Returns¶

Nothing.

GraphicStyle.remove()¶

app.activeDocument.graphicStyles[index].remove()

Description¶

Deletes this object.

Returns¶

Nothing.

Example¶

Applying a graphic style¶

// Duplicates each path item in the selection, places the duplicate into a new group,
// then applies a graphic style to the new groups items

if (app.documents.length > 0) {
    var doc = app.activeDocument;
    var selected = doc.selection;
    var newGroup = doc.groupItems.add();
    newGroup.name = "NewGroup";
    newGroup.move(doc, ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND);

    var endIndex = selected.length;
    for (var i = 0; i < endIndex; i++) {
        if (selected[i].typename == "PathItem")
        selected[i].duplicate(newGroup, ElementPlacement.PLACEATEND);
    }

    for (i = 0; i < newGroup.pageItems.length; i++) {
        doc.graphicStyles[1].applyTo(newGroup.pageItems[i]);
    }
}