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Javascript: TextFrame.getAlignment Method

Method|Introduced in 28.0

Description

Gets the frame's horizontal alignment when it is anchored to a paragraph.

Syntax

<void> TextFrame.getAlignment(<RequestHorizontalAlignmentCallback> callback, [<ErrorCallback> errorCallback])

Parameters

ParameterDescription
callback

Receives the current property value.

errorCallback

Optional. Is called when the operation failed with an error.

Examples

The following example demonstrates TextFrame.getAlignment in a practical document-editing workflow. It gets the frame's horizontal alignment when it is anchored to a paragraph.

function onTxError(error) {
    console.error("TX Text Control error:", error.msg);
    error.handled = true;
}

function inspectAlignment(textFrame) {
    textFrame.getAlignment(
        function(alignment) {
            if (!alignment) {
                console.warn("No horizontal alignment was returned.");
                return;
            }
            
            console.log("get alignment result:", alignment);
        },
        onTxError
    );
}