How to get all properties of ParagraphStyle as object as in paragraphStyle Panel using Javascript

[Karthik SG]

Is there anyway to get ParagraphStyle Properties listed in ParagraphStyle Panel as a single object using javascript??

[Loic.Aigon · Accepted solution]

myParagraphStyle.properties.toSource();

which returns something like:

{ name: "foo", imported: false, basedOn: "[Aucun style]", nextStyle: resolve("/document[@id=1]//paragraph-style[@id=227]"), alignToBaseline: false, firstLineIndent: 0, leftIndent: 0, rightIndent: 0, spaceBefore: 0, spaceAfter: 0, balanceRaggedLines: ({}), justification: ({}), singleWordJustification: ({}), autoLeading: 120, dropCapLines: 0, dropCapCharacters: 0, keepLinesTogether: false, keepAllLinesTogether: false, keepWithNext: 0, keepFirstLines: 2, keepLastLines: 2, startParagraph: ({}), composer: "Compositeur de paragraphe Adobe", minimumWordSpacing: 80, maximumWordSpacing: 133, desiredWordSpacing: 100, minimumLetterSpacing: 0, maximumLetterSpacing: 0, desiredLetterSpacing: 0, minimumGlyphScaling: 100, maximumGlyphScaling: 100, desiredGlyphScaling: 100, ruleAbove: false, ruleAboveOverprint: false, ruleAboveLineWeight: 1, ruleAboveTint: -1, ruleAboveOffset: 0, ruleAboveLeftIndent: 0, ruleAboveRightIndent: 0, ruleAboveWidth: ({}), ruleAboveColor: "Text Color", ruleAboveGapColor: resolve("/document[@id=1]//swatch[@id=14]"), ruleAboveGapTint: -1, ruleAboveGapOverprint: false, ruleAboveType: resolve("/document[@id=1]/stroke-style[@id=23081]"), ruleBelow: false, ruleBelowLineWeight: 1, ruleBelowTint: -1, ruleBelowOffset: 0, ruleBelowLeftIndent: 0, ruleBelowRightIndent: 0, ruleBelowWidth: ({}), ruleBelowColor: "Text Color", ruleBelowGapColor: resolve("/document[@id=1]//swatch[@id=14]"), ruleBelowGapTint: -1, ruleBelowType: resolve("/document[@id=1]/stroke-style[@id=23081]"), hyphenateCapitalizedWords: true, hyphenation: true, hyphenateBeforeLast: 2, hyphenateAfterFirst: 2, hyphenateWordsLongerThan: 5, hyphenateLadderLimit: 3, hyphenationZone: 12.7, hyphenWeight: 5, dropCapStyle: resolve("/document[@id=1]//character-style[@id=124]"), tabList: [], appliedFont: resolve("/font[@name=\"Minion Pro	Regular\"]"), fontStyle: "Regular", pointSize: 12, leading: ({}), kerningMethod: "Métrique", tracking: 0, capitalization: ({}), position: ({}), underline: false, strikeThru: false, ligatures: true, noBreak: false, horizontalScale: 100, verticalScale: 100, baselineShift: 0, skew: 0, fillTint: -1, strokeTint: -1, strokeWeight: 1, overprintStroke: false, overprintFill: false, otfFigureStyle: ({}), otfOrdinal: false, otfFraction: false, otfDiscretionaryLigature: false, otfTitling: false, otfContextualAlternate: true, otfSwash: false, underlineColor: "Text Color", underlineGapColor: resolve("/document[@id=1]//swatch[@id=14]"), underlineTint: -1, underlineGapTint: -1, underlineOverprint: false, underlineGapOverprint: false, underlineType: resolve("/document[@id=1]/stroke-style[@id=23081]"), underlineOffset: -9999, underlineWeight: -9999, strikeThroughColor: "Text Color", strikeThroughGapColor: resolve("/document[@id=1]//swatch[@id=14]"), strikeThroughTint: -1, strikeThroughGapTint: -1, strikeThroughOverprint: false, strikeThroughGapOverprint: false, strikeThroughType: resolve("/document[@id=1]/stroke-style[@id=23081]"), strikeThroughOffset: -9999, strikeThroughWeight: -9999, fillColor: resolve("/document[@id=1]//color[@id=20]"), strokeColor: resolve("/document[@id=1]//swatch[@id=14]"), appliedLanguage: resolve("/language-with-vendors[@id=88]"), keepWithPrevious: false, spanSplitColumnCount: ({}), spanColumnType: ({}), splitColumnInsideGutter: 2.11666666666667, splitColumnOutsideGutter: 0, spanColumnMinSpaceBefore: 0, spanColumnMinSpaceAfter: 0, splitDocument: false, emitCss: true, styleUniqueId: "e5912a6c-a332-4e8c-9a79-68159a492bc0", paragraphShadingLeftOffset: 0, paragraphShadingRightOffset: 0, paragraphShadingTopOffset: 0, paragraphShadingBottomOffset: 0, paragraphShadingWidth: ({}), paragraphShadingTopOrigin: ({}), paragraphShadingBottomOrigin: ({}), paragraphShadingClipToFrame: false, paragraphShadingSuppressPrinting: false, paragraphShadingOn: false, paragraphShadingOverprint: false, paragraphShadingTint: 20, paragraphShadingColor: resolve("/document[@id=1]//color[@id=11]"), includeClass: true, paragraphBorderOn: false, paragraphBorderOverprint: false, paragraphBorderTint: -1, paragraphBorderColor: resolve("/document[@id=1]//color[@id=11]"), paragraphBorderGapOverprint: false, paragraphBorderGapTint: -1, paragraphBorderGapColor: resolve("/document[@id=1]//swatch[@id=14]"), paragraphBorderType: resolve("/document[@id=1]/stroke-style[@id=23081]"), paragraphBorderLeftLineWeight: 1, paragraphBorderTopLineWeight: 1, paragraphBorderRightLineWeight: 1, paragraphBorderBottomLineWeight: 1, paragraphBorderStrokeEndCap: ({}), paragraphBorderStrokeEndJoin: ({}), paragraphShadingTopLeftCornerRadius: 12, paragraphShadingTopLeftCornerOption: ({}), paragraphShadingTopRightCornerRadius: 12, paragraphShadingTopRightCornerOption: ({}), paragraphShadingBottomLeftCornerRadius: 12, paragraphShadingBottomLeftCornerOption: ({}), paragraphShadingBottomRightCornerRadius: 12, paragraphShadingBottomRightCornerOption: ({}), paragraphBorderTopLeftCornerRadius: 12, paragraphBorderTopLeftCornerOption: ({}), paragraphBorderTopRightCornerRadius: 12, paragraphBorderTopRightCornerOption: ({}), paragraphBorderBottomLeftCornerRadius: 12, paragraphBorderBottomLeftCornerOption: ({}), paragraphBorderBottomRightCornerRadius: 12, paragraphBorderBottomRightCornerOption: ({}), paragraphBorderWidth: ({}), paragraphBorderTopOrigin: ({}), paragraphBorderBottomOrigin: ({}), paragraphBorderLeftOffset: 0, paragraphBorderRightOffset: 0, paragraphBorderTopOffset: 0, paragraphBorderBottomOffset: 0, paragraphBorderDisplayIfSplits: false, providerHyphenationStyle: ({}), mergeConsecutiveParaBorders: true, sameParaStyleSpacing: ({}), paragraphKashidaWidth: 2, designAxes: [], lastLineIndent: 0, hyphenateLastWord: true, otfSlashedZero: false, otfHistorical: false, otfStylisticSets: 0, gradientFillLength: -1, gradientFillAngle: 0, gradientStrokeLength: -1, gradientStrokeAngle: 0, gradientFillStart: [0, 0], gradientStrokeStart: [0, 0], ruleBelowOverprint: false, ruleBelowGapOverprint: false, dropcapDetail: 1, hyphenateAcrossColumns: true, keepRuleAboveInFrame: false, ignoreEdgeAlignment: false, otfMark: true, otfLocale: true, positionalForm: ({}), previewColor: ({}), paragraphDirection: ({}), paragraphJustification: ({}), miterLimit: 4, strokeAlignment: ({}), endJoin: ({}), otfOverlapSwash: false, otfStylisticAlternate: false, otfJustificationAlternate: false, otfStretchedAlternate: false, characterDirection: ({}), keyboardDirection: ({}), digitsType: ({}), kashidas: ({}), diacriticPosition: ({}), xOffsetDiacritic: 0, yOffsetDiacritic: 0, characterAlignment: ({}), tsume: 0, leadingAki: -1, trailingAki: -1, characterRotation: 0, jidori: 0, shataiMagnification: 0, shataiDegreeAngle: 4500, shataiAdjustRotation: false, shataiAdjustTsume: true, tatechuyoko: false, tatechuyokoXOffset: 0, tatechuyokoYOffset: 0, kentenFillColor: "Text Color", kentenStrokeColor: "Text Color", kentenTint: -1, kentenStrokeTint: -1, kentenWeight: -1, kentenOverprintFill: ({}), kentenOverprintStroke: ({}), kentenKind: ({}), kentenPlacement: 0, kentenAlignment: ({}), kentenPosition: ({}), kentenFont: null, kentenFontStyle: ({}), kentenFontSize: -1, kentenXScale: 100, kentenYScale: 100, kentenCustomCharacter: "", kentenCharacterSet: ({}), rubyFill: "Text Color", rubyStroke: "Text Color", rubyTint: -1, rubyWeight: -1, rubyOverprintFill: ({}), rubyOverprintStroke: ({}), rubyStrokeTint: -1, rubyFont: null, rubyFontStyle: ({}), rubyFontSize: -1, rubyOpenTypePro: true, rubyXScale: 100, rubyYScale: 100, rubyType: ({}), rubyAlignment: ({}), rubyPosition: ({}), rubyXOffset: 0, rubyYOffset: 0, rubyParentSpacing: ({}), rubyAutoAlign: true, rubyOverhang: false, rubyAutoScaling: false, rubyParentScalingPercent: 66, rubyParentOverhangAmount: ({}), warichu: false, warichuSize: 50, warichuLines: 2, warichuLineSpacing: 0, warichuAlignment: ({}), warichuCharsAfterBreak: 2, warichuCharsBeforeBreak: 2, otfProportionalMetrics: false, otfHVKana: false, otfRomanItalics: false, scaleAffectsLineHeight: false, cjkGridTracking: false, glyphForm: ({}), gridAlignFirstLineOnly: false, gridAlignment: ({}), gridGyoudori: 0, autoTcy: 0, autoTcyIncludeRoman: false, kinsokuSet: ({}), kinsokuType: ({}), kinsokuHangType: ({}), bunriKinshi: true, mojikumi: ({}), rensuuji: true, rotateSingleByteCharacters: false, leadingModel: ({}), rubyAutoTcyDigits: 0, rubyAutoTcyIncludeRoman: false, rubyAutoTcyAutoScale: true, treatIdeographicSpaceAsSpace: true, allowArbitraryHyphenation: false, paragraphGyoudori: false, bulletsAndNumberingListType: ({}), bulletChar: resolve("/document[@id=1]//paragraph-style[@id=227]/@bullet-char"), bulletsCharacterStyle: resolve("/document[@id=1]//character-style[@id=124]"), numberingCharacterStyle: resolve("/document[@id=1]//character-style[@id=124]"), numberingExpression: "^#.^t", numberingRestartPolicies: resolve("/document[@id=1]//paragraph-style[@id=227]/@numbering-restart-policies"), bulletsTextAfter: "^t", appliedNumberingList: resolve("/document[@id=1]//numbering-list[@id=62]"), numberingLevel: 1, numberingFormat: "1, 2, 3, 4...", numberingContinue: true, numberingStartAt: 1, numberingApplyRestartPolicy: true, bulletsAlignment: ({}), numberingAlignment: ({}), id: 227, label: "", parent: resolve("/document[@id=1]"), index: 2 }

Note though that if you want something more human readable, you would need to parse myStyle.properties and do as you like.

[Karthik SG]

wow, thank you @Loic.Aigon !

[rob day]

Hi @Karthik SG , From your capture it looks like you want to get the properties that have been changed from the Based On style. You can use reflect to get a list of properties and values of the style and its Based On style, then compare. This makes a new object containing the changed properties, and also creates a property:value string list

var ps = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.itemByName("Your Style Name");
var bo = app.activeDocument.paragraphStyles.itemByName(ps.basedOn.name);

var psp = ps.reflect.properties;
var bop = bo.reflect.properties;
var o = new Object();
var s = ""

var pn
for (var i = 0; i < bop.length; i++){
    try {
        if (ps[psp[i]] != bo[bop[i]]) {
           s += psp[i].name + " :" + ps[psp[i]] + "\r"
            o[psp[i].name] = ps[psp[i]]
        }
    }catch(e) {}  
}; 

$.writeln(s)
//returns a list of properties that have been changed from the based on style

$.writeln(o.name)
//returns the new object’s name property