Scripting: Reset Table Style and Cell Style Defaults Possible?

[tobias.wantzen]

Hi there!

If nothing is selected in a document, the user can still choose defaults in all styles panels (character, paragraph, object, table, cell styles). With

app.activeDocument.textDefaults.[...]
app.activeDocument.pageItemDefaults.[...]

I can change those defaults as I like. But I haven't found a setting to change table and cell style defaults.

So my question is:

Is it somehow possible to reset table and cell style defaults as it is with paragraph, character, and object style defaults with a script?

Thanks,
Tobias

[rob day]

Hi Tobias, Are you creating the table via a script? If that’s the case maybe set the default style in the add method’s properties parameter—here my "default" style is named MyDefault

var ip = app.activeDocument.selection[0].insertionPoints[0];
var dt = app.activeDocument.tableStyles.itemByName("MyDefault")

var t = app.documents[0].stories[0].tables.add(LocationOptions.AT_BEGINNING, ip, {appliedTableStyle:dt})

Before run:

After

[tobias.wantzen]

Thanks Rob for your input, but I meant something else:

The user can select a table (and cell) style without selecting any object in the document – so before running the script there is a selected table and/or cell style:

And I want to change this user default to table and cell style "[None]" – so after running the script no table and cell style is selected:

 

So I’m looking for something to reset user selection (without any selected object in a document) of table and cell style which is similar to resetting user selection (without any selected object in a document) of character and paragraph styles:

var aDoc = app.activeDocument;
aDoc.textDefaults.appliedCharacterStyle = aDoc.characterStyles.item(0);
aDoc.textDefaults.appliedParagraphStyle = aDoc.paragraphStyles.item(0);

What is the corresponding code for table and cell styles?

Thanks, Tobias.

[Peter Kahrel · Accepted solution]

> What is the corresponding code for table and cell styles?

As far as I can tell it's not possible to set default table and/or cell styles in the way you can for the other styles. Rob's suggestion is a workaround for this absent feature..

[tobias.wantzen]

Thank you for your clarification, Peter! And Rob for the workaround for some use cases.