Class PageBreak

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

PageBreak — 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

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

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

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

PageBreak — 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

PageBreak — 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