Inline
This table lists the use, (default) value(s), and description of the attributes of the Inline element.
| Attribute | Use | Value (default value is bold) | Description |
| Type | Required | Unassigned Text Graphic Ellipse Rectangle Path | |
| ParagraphStyle | Implied | ParagraphStyle name to apply to text if Inline Type is Text. | |
| Height | Required | Number[4.233, 3048] | The height of the graphic frame in the specified units. |
| Width | Required | Number[4.233, 3048] | The width of the graphic frame in the specified units. |
| Position | Implied | Inline AboveLine Custom | Anchored object positioning type. |
| YOffset | Implied | Number [-3527.778, 3527.778] 0 | Adjusts the position on the baseline. |
| XOffset | Implied | Number [-3527.778, 3527.778] 0 | Moves the object left or right. |
| Alignment | Implied | Left Right Center TextAlignment | The inline frame alignment. |
| SpaceBefore | Implied | Number [-3527.778, 3527.778] | The space before an inline frame. Used when Position is AboveLine, |
| PreventManualPositioning | Implied | Yes No | Prevent manual positioning. Yes: inline frames are locked and cannot be changed manually. |
| RelativeToSpine | Implied | Yes No | Specifies whether the inline frame aligns relative to the document spine. If Position is AboveLine: the Alignment value sets the values of RelativeToSpine and AnchPosPtHor. |
| AnchObjPtHor | Implied | Left Center Right | Specifies the horizontal location of the object that you want to align to the location on the page |
| AnchObjPtVer | Implied | Top Center Bottom | Specifies the vertical location of the object that you want to align to the location on the page |
| AnchPosPtHor | Implied | Left Center Right TextAlignment | Specifies the horizontal location on the page to which you want to align the object. Used if Position is Custom/AboveLine. If Position is AboveLine, AnchPosPtHol in combination with RelativeToSpine define the anchored object Alignment. |
| AnchPosPtVer | Implied | Top Center Bottom | The inline frame (Pos) can be relative to vertical layout properties. |
| XRelativeTo | Implied | AnchorMarker ColumnEdge TextFrame PageMargin PageEdge | Specifies what you want to use as the basis for horizontal alignment. Used if Position is custom. |
| YRelativeTo | Implied | Baseline LineCapHeight LineTopLeading ColumnEdge TextFrame PageMargin PageEdge | Specifies what you want to use as the basis for vertical alignment. Used if Position is custom. |
| BottomTopBoundries | Implied | Yes No | Keeps the object inside the text column if reflowing text would otherwise cause it to move outside of the boundaries. Yes: inline frames are placed within the flow boundaries. |
| Opacity | Implied | [0,100] | Integer The opacity in percentage of the graphic frame. |
| Transparency | Implied | Normal Multiply Screen Overlay Soft Light Hard Light Color Dodge Color Burn Darken Lighten Difference Exclusion Hue Saturation Color Luminosity Non Zero Overprint Num Blending Modes | The transparency of the graphic frame (as in InDesign). |
| CornerRadius | Implied | [0,282.222] | Pipeline separated list of corner radius values in the specified units for the project, in the following order: Top left | top right | bottom left | bottom right. Value range in mm is [0,282.222] |
| CornerType | Implied | None Rounded Inverse Rounded Inset Bevel Fancy | Pipeline separated list of corner type values in the following order: Top left | top right | bottom left | bottom right |
| Name | Implied | Frame label (currently unused). | |
| Stroke | Implied | None Rounded Inverse Rounded Inset Bevel Fancy | The stroke type. |
| StrokeThickness | Implied | [0,800] | The Stroke Weight, in points. |
| StrokeType | Implied | Solid ThickThick ThickThin ThickThinThick ThinThick ThinThickThin ThinThin Triple_Stroke Canned Dashed 3x2 Canned Dashed 4x4 Left Slant Hash Right Slant Hash Straight Hash Canned Dotted Wavy White Diamond Japanese Dots Dashed | The stroke type name. |
| Rotation | Implied | The graphic frame rotation angle around the center, number, in degrees | |
| Background | Implied | Background color in swatch or #rrggbb or cmyk c=0;m=100;y=100;k=0; | |
| margin-left | Implied | [0,3048] | Left margin in the specified units. Margins are used when anchored object Type is Text |
| margin-top | Implied | [0,3048] | Top margin in the specified units. Margins are used when anchored object Type is Text |
| margin-right | Implied | [0,3048] | Right margin in the specified units. Margins are used when anchored object Type is Text |
| margin-bottom | Implied | [0,3048] | Bottom margin in the specified units. Margins are used when anchored object Type is Text |
| VerticalAlignment | Implied | Top Middle Bottom Justify Invalid NumValues | The vertical alignment of the content in the frame when "Type" text is used. |
| SitecoreID | Implied | You can say the unique ID of the item | |
| SitecoreFieldname | Implied | Only used in combination with Sitecore. Identifies Sitecore item fields used for creating InDesign objects. | |
| Scaling | Implied | None Fit Content to Frame Fit Frame to Content Center Content Fit Content Proportionally Fill Frame Proportionally Fit Content Proportionally and Center AsIs | Specifies how to scale images can be scaled automatically. Center Content, Fill Frame Proportionally and Center, Fit Content Proportionally and Center are obsolete. |
| HorizontalScale | Implied | Value - / +. Value of 0.8 means scale to 80%. Value of 2 means 200%. HorizontalScale and VerticalScale always need to be set both in order to use scaling. | |
| VerticalScale | Implied | Value - / +. Value of 0.8 means scale to 80%. Value of 2 means 200%. HorizontalScale and VerticalScale always need to be set both in order to use scaling. | |
| Skew | Implied | Skew angle in degrees. | |
| NrOfColumns | Implied | Number [1,40] | The value number of columns used for inline when type is Text, default 1 |
| ColumnGutter | Implied | [0,3048] | The value of gutter between columns |
| FitFrame | Implied | True False | If true, the frame is placed as InDesign value Fit frame to Content, attribute is used with scaling attributes (values). If the content is text, fit frame to content will only work when the number of columns is 1. FitFrame is used only when anchored object type is Text and NrOfColumns value is 1. |
| ObjectStyle | Implied | An InDesign Object Style can be used for formatting (effects). If the name of the Object Style used in the master is used as value of this attribute it will be applied. | |
| FillTint | Implied | Number [0,100] | The percentage of the tint for the background color. |
| StrokeTint | Implied | Number [0,100] | The percentage of the tint for the stroke color. |
| WIgnore | Implied | 1 0 | Text wrap. 1: ignore text wrap (only for text frames) |
| BalCols | Implied | True False | Sets the vertical justification balance columns. |
| WrapAndStrokeAttributes | Common wrap and stroke attributes. |
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