copy()

Returns a detached, deep copy of the current element.

Any child elements present in the element are also copied. The new element will not have a parent.

Return

InlineDrawing — the new copy

getAttributes()

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.

 
var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getBody();

 // Append a styled paragraph.
 var par = body.appendParagraph('A bold, italicized paragraph.');
 par.setBold(true);
 par.setItalic(true);

 // Retrieve the paragraph's attributes.
 var atts = par.getAttributes();

 // Log the paragraph attributes.
 for (var att in atts) {
   Logger.log(att + ":" + atts[att]);
 }
 

Return

Object — the element's attributes

getNextSibling()

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

getParent()

Retrieves the element's parent element.

The parent element contains the current element.

Return

ContainerElement — the parent element

getPreviousSibling()

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

getType()

Retrieves the element's ElementType.

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

 
var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getBody();

 // Obtain the first element in the document body.

 var firstChild = 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

isAtDocumentEnd()

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

Return

Boolean — whether the element is at the end of the document

merge()

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

Only elements of the same ElementType may 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.

 
var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getBody();

 // Append two paragraphs to the document.
 var par1 = body.appendParagraph('Paragraph 1.');
 var par2 = body.appendParagraph('Paragraph 2.');

 // Merge the newly added paragraphs into a single paragraph.
 par2.merge();
 

Return

InlineDrawing — the merged element

removeFromParent()

Removes the element from its parent.

 
var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getBody();

 // Remove all images in the document body.
 var imgs = body.getImages();
 for (var i = 0; i < imgs.length; i++) {
   imgs[i].removeFromParent();
 }
 

Return

InlineDrawing — the removed element

setAttributes(attributes)

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.

 
var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getBody();

 // Define a custom paragraph style.
 var style = {};
 style[DocumentApp.Attribute.HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT] =
     DocumentApp.HorizontalAlignment.RIGHT;
 style[DocumentApp.Attribute.FONT_FAMILY] =
     DocumentApp.FontFamily.CALIBRI;
 style[DocumentApp.Attribute.FONT_SIZE] = 18;
 style[DocumentApp.Attribute.BOLD] = true;

 // Append a plain paragraph.
 var par = body.appendParagraph('A paragraph with custom style.');

 // Apply the custom style.
 par.setAttributes(style);
 

Parameters

Return

InlineDrawing — the current element