Symbol¶
app.activeDocument.symbols[index]
Description¶
An art item that is stored in the Symbols palette, and can be reused one or more times in the document without duplicating the art data. Symbols are contained in documents.
Instances of Symbol in a document are associated with SymbolItem objects, which store the art object properties.
Properties¶
Symbol.name¶
app.activeDocument.symbols[index].name
Description¶
The symbol's name
Type¶
String.
Symbol.parent¶
app.activeDocument.symbols[index].parent
Description¶
The object that contains the symbol object.
Type¶
Object; read-only.
Symbol.typename¶
app.activeDocument.symbols[index].typename
Description¶
The class name of the object.
Type¶
String; read-only.
Methods¶
Symbol.duplicate()¶
app.activeDocument.symbols[index].duplicate()
Description¶
Creates a duplicate of this object.
Returns¶
Symbol.remove()¶
app.activeDocument.symbols[index].remove()
Description¶
Deletes this object.
Returns¶
Nothing.