Indesign Scripting: Bullet List Unicode

[kyleo94921011]

Hi there,

i am trying to get a certain unicode id of "003E". i cannot find out how to add this to a paragraph style i am creating. Also the color of the bullet. Any help will be appreciated!

var myDoc = app.activeDocument;
var text = "Poppins";
var bold = "Bold";
var regular = "Regular";
var bulletType = "003E";

bulletList = myDoc.paragraphStyles.add(
  {
    name : 'Main Bullets',
    appliedFont : text,
    fontStyle : regular,
    pointSize : 12,
    bulletsAndNumberingListType : ListType.BULLET_LIST,
    bulletsAndNumberingSize : 14,
    bulletsCharacterStyle : bold,
    bulletsandNumberingColor : "Red"
  }
 );

 bulletList.tabStops.add(
   {
     position : "0p18"
   }
 );

[Nancy OShea]

[Moderator moved from Coding Corner to InDesign.]

[Manan Joshi · Accepted solution]

Hi @kyleo94921011,

Try the following

var text = "Poppins";
var bold = "Bold";
var regular = "Regular";
var bulletType = "003E";

bulletList = myDoc.paragraphStyles.add(
  {
    name : 'Main Bullets',
    appliedFont : text,
    fontStyle : regular,
    pointSize : 12,
    bulletsAndNumberingListType : ListType.BULLET_LIST,
    bulletsAndNumberingSize : 14,
    bulletsCharacterStyle : bold,
    bulletsandNumberingColor : "Red"
  }
 );

bulletList.bulletChar.characterType = BulletCharacterType.UNICODE_ONLY
bulletList.bulletChar.characterValue = 0x003e
 bulletList.tabStops.add(
   {
     position : "0p18"
   }
 );

-Manan

[ajabon grinsmith]

Hi.

I ran the code, and the addition of the burette worked fine.
The color is specified by setting the bulletCharacterStyle property.

So you need a predefined characterStyle to use for that.

[kyleo94921011]

awesome thank you guys for all the help!

[Manan Joshi]

The complete list of properties that can be accessed for bullet can be looked at the following link

https://www.indesignjs.de/extendscriptAPI/indesign-latest/#Bullet.html

-Manan