Creating a new paragraph style with justification properties.

[Dan Byer]

I'm having a little trouble understanding how to script the creation of a new paragraph style and define its justification settings at the same time. This example makes sense:

app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.add(name:"New Style", appliedFont:"Arial\tRegular", pointSize:"12pt")

but how do I make that paragraph, say, center align? Currently I do it as 2 steps: Create the style as above and them modify the style properties, like:

app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.itemByName("New Style").properties = {justification: Justification.CENTER_ALIGN}

Is there a way to do it in one step? 

Thanks!

[m1b · Accepted solution]

Hi Dan,

The add() method of ParagraphStyles has a single optional argument called 'withProperties" which is expecting an object—something in braces {} with key: value pairs seperated by commas. So:

app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.add({
    name: "New Style",
    appliedFont: "Arial\tRegular",
    pointSize: "12pt",
    justification: Justification.CENTER_ALIGN
})

 - Mark

[Dan Byer]

Thanks, Mark. I dunno what I was missing that didn't work for me yesterday, but it works now!

[m1b]

Maybe accidentally left out the braces {} as per example in your post? Most errors I get writing scripts are simple typos.

- Mark