Interface IText

The text of a frame, without its layout.

Remarks

What a frame can always answer, including one whose layout is not modeled — text on an imported shape is read this way.

interface IText {
getText(): string;
}

Hierarchy (View Summary)

IText
- ITextFrame

Index

Methods

Methods

getText

getText(): string
Returns the frame's text with its formatting stripped.

Returns string
Remarks
- Paragraphs are separated by , and a line break inside a paragraph is also .
- Runs and fields are concatenated in document order.
- Blank paragraphs at the start and end are dropped; blank paragraphs between text are kept.
- An equation reads as its linear text form.
- A frame with nothing written in it answers ''.