Class Date

Returns a detached, deep copy of the current element.

Any child elements present in the element are also copied. The new element doesn't have a parent.

Return

Date — The new copy.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the element's attributes.

The result is an object containing a property for each valid element attribute where each property name corresponds to an item in the DocumentApp.Attribute enumeration.

constdoc=DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
constdocumentTab=doc.getActiveTab().asDocumentTab();
constbody=documentTab.getBody();
// Append a styled paragraph.
constpar=body.appendParagraph('A bold, italicized paragraph.');
par.setBold(true);
par.setItalic(true);
// Retrieve the paragraph's attributes.
constatts=par.getAttributes();
// Log the paragraph attributes.
for(constattinatts){
Logger.log(`${att}:${atts[att]}`);
}

Return

Object — The element's attributes.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Returns the display value that's rendered in the document. The display value uses the UTC timezone and the date's locale. For example, Jul 16, 2021.

Return

String — The display value.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Returns the date's locale used for the display value. For example, en.

Return

String — The locale of the date.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the element's next sibling element.

The next sibling has the same parent and follows the current element.

Return

Element — The next sibling element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the element's parent element.

The parent element contains the current element.

Return

ContainerElement — The parent element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the element's previous sibling element.

The previous sibling has the same parent and precedes the current element.

Return

Element — The previous sibling element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Returns the timestamp associated with the date.

Return

Date — The timestamp.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Retrieves the element's ElementType .

Use getType() to determine the exact type of a given element.

constdoc=DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
constdocumentTab=doc.getActiveTab().asDocumentTab();
constbody=documentTab.getBody();
// Obtain the first element in the active tab's body.
constfirstChild=body.getChild(0);
// Use getType() to determine the element's type.
if(firstChild.getType()===DocumentApp.ElementType.PARAGRAPH){
Logger.log('The first element is a paragraph.');
}else{
Logger.log('The first element is not a paragraph.');
}

Return

ElementType — The element type.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Determines whether the element is at the end of the Document .

Return

Boolean — Whether the element is at the end of the tab.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Merges the element with the preceding sibling of the same type.

Only elements of the same ElementType can be merged. Any child elements contained in the current element are moved to the preceding sibling element.

The current element is removed from the document.

constdoc=DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
constdocumentTab=doc.getActiveTab().asDocumentTab();
constbody=documentTab.getBody();
// Example 1: Merge paragraphs
// Append two paragraphs to the document's active tab.
constpar1=body.appendParagraph('Paragraph 1.');
constpar2=body.appendParagraph('Paragraph 2.');
// Merge the newly added paragraphs into a single paragraph.
par2.merge();
// Example 2: Merge table cells
// Create a two-dimensional array containing the table's cell contents.
constcells=[
['Row 1, Cell 1','Row 1, Cell 2'],
['Row 2, Cell 1','Row 2, Cell 2'],
];
// Build a table from the array.
consttable=body.appendTable(cells);
// Get the first row in the table.
constrow=table.getRow(0);
// Get the two cells in this row.
constcell1=row.getCell(0);
constcell2=row.getCell(1);
// Merge the current cell into its preceding sibling element.
constmerged=cell2.merge();

Return

Date — The merged element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Removes the element from its parent.

constdoc=DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
constdocumentTab=doc.getActiveTab().asDocumentTab();
constbody=documentTab.getBody();
// Remove all images in the active tab's body.
constimgs=body.getImages();
for(leti=0;i < imgs.length;i++){
imgs[i].removeFromParent();
}

Return

Date — The removed element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

Sets the element's attributes.

The specified attributes parameter must be an object where each property name is an item in the DocumentApp.Attribute enumeration and each property value is the new value to be applied.

constdoc=DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
constdocumentTab=doc.getActiveTab().asDocumentTab();
constbody=documentTab.getBody();
// Define a custom paragraph style.
conststyle={};
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT]=
DocumentApp.HorizontalAlignment.RIGHT;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.FONT_FAMILY]='Calibri';
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.FONT_SIZE]=18;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.BOLD]=true;
// Append a plain paragraph.
constpar=body.appendParagraph('A paragraph with custom style.');
// Apply the custom style.
par.setAttributes(style);

Parameters

Return

Date — The current element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents