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


Symbol.remove()

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

Description

Deletes this object.

Returns

Nothing.