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Using 4D Write Pro standard actions

Using 4D Write Pro standard actions    


 

The user interface of 4D Write Pro areas can be handled through a wide set of standard actions. Standard actions can be assigned to:

  • menu commands, available through the menu bar or the command
  • list items, available through pop-up/drop-down lists or hierarchical pop-up menus,
  • buttons, check boxes,
  • or executed by the command.

When assigned to interface objects, standard actions handle the activation/disabling of the object depending on the context. For more information, please refer to the Standard actions section.

Two kinds of actions are available for 4D Write Pro areas:

  • 4D Write Pro specific actions, that can be used only with 4D Write Pro areas,
  • Other actions, including fonts, expressions, spell check, and editing actions, that can be used with 4D Write Pro areas and other 4D areas (see Standard actions).

The following standard actions are available with 4D Write Pro areas.

Notes:

  • Actions that display an automatic menu/list can only be attached to menu commands, pop-up/drop-down lists or hierarchical pop-up menus objects (see Submenu).
  • Check boxes and 3D check boxes should be associated with status actions, such as "section/differentFirstPage" or "visibleHorizontalRuler". Three-states option is supported with standard check boxes only.
  • A section action status is always equal to the selected section actual status (inherited status if attribute is inherited from parent section or from default attribute) as it must reflect the selected section status (the status which is applied currently to the section). However, modifying a section attribute with a standard action will only override the selected section attribute.
  • Submenu: When used without any parameters and associated to a menu command, a pop-up/drop-down list or a hierarchical pop-up menu object, these actions display an automatic submenu/list. For example, if you assign the "backgroundColor" action to a menu command, selecting this menu command at runtime will display the Background color submenu items. If you assign the "zoom" action to a hierarchical pop-up menu, it will automatically contain a list of predefined zoom values. Note that these actions cannot be assigned to buttons.
  • showDialog: Adding the "/showDialog" string to the action name allows the display of the associated standard dialog box for the action. For example, you can use "paragraph/styleSheet/showDialog" to open the input dialog allowing the entry of a new stylesheet name. 

 

 Action name Pattern Available with  Description 
anchorHorizontalAlign  {image | textBox}/anchorHorizontalAlign?value={left | center | right}  Image,
Textbox,
Submenu		 Defines the horizontal alignment of the element, relative to the anchorOrigin for images/text boxes in page, or to the layout box for images/text box in embedded mode. This action will reset the horizontal offset to 0. (not enabled for inline images). 
anchoring {image | textBox}/anchoring  Submenu Default submenu with anchor settings actions for images or text boxes
anchorLayout image/anchorLayout?value={front | behind | wrapTopBottom | wrapSquareLeft | wrapSquareRight | wrapSquareLargest | wrapSquare | inline}


textBox/anchorLayout?value={front | behind | wrapTopBottom |  wrapSquareLeft | wrapSquareRight | wrapSquareLargest | wrapSquare}		 Image,
Textbox,
Submenu		 Defines the anchor layout type for an image or a text box. Can be used to transform an inline image to an anchored image, or the reverse.

Note: If an image is moved from an anchored mode to inline, the image is inserted at the beginning of the current selected text.

"inline" value is not supported for text boxes
anchorOrigin {image | textBox}/anchorOrigin?value={paper-box | header-box | footer-box} Image,
TextBox,
Submenu		 Defines the area relative to the absolute position of an anchored image or text box. If the element is relative to the header-box/footer-box which is not visible on a page, the element is not displayed. This action will reset horizontal and vertical offsets to 0.

Page mode only, not enabled for inline images.
anchorPage {image | textBox}/anchorPage?value={all | current | currentSubSection} Image,
TextBox,
Submenu		 Defines the page(s) where the selected image or text box is displayed (not enabled for inline images).

Page mode only.
anchorSection {image | textBox}/anchorSection?value={all | current} Image,
TextBox,
Submenu		 Defines the section(s) where the selected image or text box is displayed. (not enabled for inline images).

Page mode only.
anchorVerticalAlign {image | textBox}/anchorVerticalAlign?value={top | center | bottom} Image,
TextBox
Submenu		 Defines the vertical alignment of the image or text box, relative to the anchorOrgin for an image or text box in page, or to the layout box for an image or text box in embedded mode. This action will reset the vertical offset to 0 (not enabled for inline images).
Note: See "verticalAlign" action for the vertical alignment inside the text box
avoidPageBreakInside {paragraph/}avoidPageBreakInside Paragraph  
background  {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table | row | column | cell/}background Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header,
Footer,
Table,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu		 For menu commands only. Default submenu for all background attributes.
backgroundClip {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table | row | column | cell/}backgroundClip?value={paper-box | border-box | padding-box | content-box} Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header,
Footer,
Table,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu		 Changes target background clipping box (default target is paragraph). Paper-box targets document and section only.
backgroundColor {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table | row | column | cell/}backgroundColor?value={<Css_color> | transparent} Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header,
Footer,
Table,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu,
showDialog		 Changes target background.
backgroundDisplayMode {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table | row | column | cell/}backgroundDisplayMode?value=scaledToFit | truncated | truncatedCentered | proportional | proportionalCentered | replicated | replicatedCentered Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header,
Footer,
Table,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu		 Sets the display mode of images used as background.
backgroundImage {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table | row | column | cell/}backgroundImage?value=none Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header,
Footer,
Table,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu,
showDialog		 Clears target background image. (default target is paragraph)
backgroundOrigin {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table | row | column | cell/}backgroundOrigin?value={paper-box | border-box | padding-box | content-box} Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header,
Footer,
Table,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu		 Changes target background image origin box (default target is paragraph). Paper-box targets document and section only.
backgroundPositionH {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table | row | column | cell/}backgroundPositionH?value={left | right | center} Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header,
Footer,
Table,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu		 Changes target background image horizontal alignment (default target is paragraph).

Ex: paragraph/backgroundPositionH?value=left
backgroundPositionV {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table | row | column | cell/}backgroundPositionV?value={top | bottom | center} Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header,
Footer,
Table,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu		 Changes target background image vertical alignment (default target is paragraph).

Ex: paragraph/backgroundPositionV?value=top
backgroundRepeat {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table | row | column | cell/}backgroundRepeat?value={no-repeat | repeat | repeat-x | repeat-y} Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header,
Footer,
Table,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu		 Changes target background image repeat mode. (default target is paragraph)
backgroundSizeH {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table | row | column | cell/}backgroundSizeH?value={<Css_length> | <Css_percentage> | auto | cover | contain} Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header, 
Footer,
Table,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu		 Changes target background image width (default target is paragraph).

Ex: paragraph/backgroundSizeH?value=100%. section/backgroundSizeH?value=cover
backgroundSizeV {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table | row | column | cell}/backgroundSizeV?value={<Css_length> | <Css_percentage> | auto} Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header, 
Footer,
Table,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu		 Changes target background image height (default target is paragraph).

Ex: paragraph/backgroundSizeV?value=50%. Ex: section/backgroundSizeV?value=40pt
bookmark bookmark?index=<number> Submenu Selects the Nth bookmark.

Ex: bookmark?index=2 // selects the second bookmark
borderCollapse borderCollapse Paragraph Collapses selected paragraph borders and interior margins.
borderColor {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table | row | column | cell/}{inside | outside/}{borderColor | borderColorLeft | borderColorRight | borderColorTop | borderColorBottom | borderColorLeftRight | borderColorTopBottom}?value=<Css_color> Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header, 
Footer,
Table,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu,
showDialog		 Changes target border color (default target is paragraph).

Ex: paragraph/borderColorLeft?value=green
borderRadius {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer/}borderRadius?value=<Css_length> Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header, 
Footer,
Submenu		 Changes target border radius (default target is paragraph).

Ex: paragraph/borderRadius?value=4pt
borders {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table | row | column | cell/}{inside | outside/}borders Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header, 
Footer,
Table,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu		 Default submenu for target borders.
borderStyle {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table | row | column | cell/}{inside | outside/}{borderStyle | borderStyleLeft | borderStyleRight | borderStyleTop | borderStyleBottom | borderStyleLeftRight | borderStyleTopBottom}?value={none | hidden | dotted | dashed | solid | double | groove | ridge | inset | outset} Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header, 
Footer,
Table,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu		 Changes target border style (default target is paragraph).

Ex: paragraph/borderStyleLeft?value=double. Ex: outside/borderStyle?value=solid //set selected paragraphs exterior borders to style solid. Ex: inside/borderStyle?value=none //remove selected paragraphs interior borders
borderWidth {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table | row | column | cell/}{inside | outside/}{borderWidth | borderWidthLeft | borderWidthRight | borderWidthTop | borderWidthBottom | borderWidthLeftRight | borderWidthTopBottom}?value=<Css_length> Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header, 
Footer,
Table,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu		 Changes target border width (default target is paragraph).

Ex: paragraph/borderWidthLeft?value=4pt
columnCount {section/}columnCount?value={1<=number<=20} Document, Section,
Submenu		 Number of columns in the current document and/or section. (default target is doc)

Ex: section/columnCount?value=3
columnRuleColor {section/}columnRuleColor?value={CSS color} Document,
Section,
Submenu,
showDialog		 Color for the decorative line between document or section columns.

Ex: columnRuleColor?value="#FFFFFF"
columnRuleStyle {section/}columnRuleStyle?value={none | dotted | dashed | solid | double | groove | ridge | inset | outset} Document,
Section,
Submenu		 Style for the decorative line between document or section columns.

Ex: columnRuleStyle?value="solid"
columnRuleWidth {section/}columnRuleWidth?value={CSS length} Document,
Section,
Submenu		 Width of the decorative line between document or section columns.

Ex: columnRuleWidth?value="2pt"
columns {section/}columns Document,
Section,
Submenu		 Only for a menu item: creates automatically a complete Columns sub-menu with all column actions sub-menus (except insertColumnBreak)
columnSpacing {section/}columnSpacing?value={CSS length} Document,
Section,
Submenu		 Space between two columns in the current document and/or section.

Ex: columnSpacing?value="1cm"
deleteColumns deleteColumns Table Deletes all selected columns.
deleteRows deleteRows Table Deletes all selected rows.
deleteStyleSheet {paragraph | image/}deleteStyleSheet?index={1<= number <= number of target style sheets} Paragraph,
Image,
Submenu		 Removes the Nth stylesheet from the stored stylesheets for the selected target (default target is paragraph). Menu item name is replaced at runtime with style sheet name.
direction direction?value={ltr | rtl} Paragraph,
Submenu		 Paragraph direction.
displayFormulaAsSymbol displayFormulaAsSymbol Document Displays formula references as a  symbol. Can only be used when formulas are displayed as references.
doc doc Document,
Submenu		 Default submenu for document body layout (embedded mode attributes or default attributes for sections – but for margin which is reserved for embedded mode only).
dpi Modifies the dpi of the current view (independent of the document attribute wk dpi used internally for pixel conversion <-> points). Submenu Change view dpi.

Ex: dpi?value=72
emptyDatasource {table}/emptyDatasource?value={showDataRow | hideDataRow | showPlaceholderRow | hideTable } Table,
Submenu
 Defines how the table is displayed when its datasource is empty. 
fontStyleWrite fontStyleWrite Submenu For menu commands only. Displays default font styles submenu for 4D Write Pro.
fontSubscript fontSubscript   Toggles subscript font attribute.
fontSuperscript fontSuperscript   Toggles superscript font attribute.
footer footer Submenu Displays the Footer submenu.
footer/remove footer/remove Footer Removes the selected footer.
formulaHighlight formulaHighlight?value={values | references | always | never} Document, 
Submenu		 Formula highlight mode for the document. Can be used with a dropdown menu or a button
formulaHighlightColor formulaHighlightColor?value=<Css_color> Document, 
Submenu,
showDialog		 Formula highlight color for the document
formulaHighlightReferences formulaHighlightReferences Document Toggles formula references highlighting. Can be used with a check box or a menu item
formulaHighlightValues formulaHighlightValues Document Toggles formula values highlighting. Can be used with a check box or a menu item
header header Submenu Displays the Header submenu.
header/remove header/remove Header Removes the selected header.
height {image | textBox | row}/height?value={<Css_length> | auto} Image,
TextBox
Row,
Submenu		 Target height.

Ex: image/height?value=50pt. For image/width, see width.

Ex: row/height?value=12pt
headerRowCount {table/}headerRowCount Table,
Submenu		 Sets the number of header rows in a table. Maximum is 5.
htmlWYSIWIGEnabled htmlWYSIWIGEnabled Document Toggles between html wysiwyg mode.
image image Image,
Submenu		 Displays image layout submenu.
image/displayMode image/displayMode?value=scaledToFit | truncated | truncatedCentered | proportional | proportionalCentered | replicated | replicatedCentered Image,
Submenu		 Sets the display mode of anchored and inline images.

Ex: image/displayMode?value=scaledToFit
image/verticalAlign image/verticalAlign?value={top | middle | bottom | baseline | super | sub} Image,
Submenu		 Image vertical alignment.

Ex: image/verticalAlign?value=super
insertColumnBreak insertColumnBreak Paragraph Inserts a column break at the selection.
insertColumnToTheLeft insertColumnToTheLeft Table Inserts a column to the left of the first selected column(s).
insertColumnToTheRight insertColumnToTheRight Table Inserts a column to the right of the last selected column(s).
insertContinuousSectionBreak insertContinuousSectionBreak Paragraph Inserts a continuous section break at the selection.
insertImage insertImage   Opens a picture selection dialog box and inserts the selected picture (if any) as a character in the area.
insertPageBreak insertPageBreak Paragraph Inserts a page break at the selection.
insertRowAbove insertRowAbove Table Inserts a row above the selected row(s).
insertRowBelow insertRowBelow Table Inserts a row below the selected row(s).
insertSectionBreak insertSectionBreak Paragraph Inserts a section break at the selection.
insertSoftHyphen insertSoftHyphen   Inserts a soft hyphen at the cursor position.
insertTextBox insertTextBox Document Inserts a text box near the current selection, anchored to the first selected page (page mode). 
keepWithNext keepWithNext Paragraph Links a paragraph with the next so that they cannot be separated by automatic page or column breaks. 

If applied to the last paragraph of the last cell in a table, the last row of the table is linked to the following paragraph. 
lineHeight lineHeight?value={<Css_length> | <Css_percentage>} Paragraph,
Submenu		 Paragraph line height.

Ex: lineHeight?value=120%
layer {image | textBox}/layer Submenu Default submenu with layering actions for images or text boxes
listStartNumber listStartNumber?value={<number> (longint) | auto} Paragraph,
Submenu		 List start number.
Ex: listStartNumber?value=10
listStyleImage listStyleImage/showDialog Paragraph,
showDialog
 Opens a file dialog to choose a image to display as list style bullet; it will set also list style type to disc – style to be used if image is not found.
listStyleType listStyleType?value={none | disc | circle | square | hollow-square | diamond | club | decimal | decimal-leading- zero | lower-latin | lower-roman | upper-latin | upper-roman | lower-greek | decimal-greek | armenian | georgian | hebrew | hiragana | katakana | cjk-ideographic} Paragraph,
Submenu		 Paragraph list style type.
margin {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | table/}{inside | outside/}{margin | marginLeft | marginRight | marginTop | marginBottom | marginLeftRight | marginTopBottom}?value={<Css_length> | auto} Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
Textbox,
Section,
Header, 
Footer,
Table,
Submenu		 Changes target margin (default target is paragraph).

Ex: margin?value=4pt //sets all paragraph margins to 4pt.

Ex: outside/margin?value=4pt //set exterior paragraph margins to 4pt.

Ex: doc/marginLeft?value=1cm //sets left margin to 1cm for the document as used in embedded mode.

Ex: section/marginLeft?value=1cm //sets left margin to 1cm for the pages of the first selected section
merge
  • {paragraph/}merge
  • cell/merge
 Paragraph, 
Cell
  • Used with paragraphs: merges paragraphs.
  • Used with cells: merges the selected cells.
minHeight {paragraph | image/}minHeight?value=<Css_length> Paragraph,
Image,
Submenu		 Target min height (default target is paragraph).

Ex: paragraph/minHeight?value=50pt
minWidth {paragraph | image/}minWidth?value=<Css_length> Paragraph,
Image,
Submenu		 Target min width (default target is paragraph).

Ex: paragraph/minWidth?value=50pt
moveToBack moveToBack Image Moves image to the back. (not enabled for inline images)
moveToFront moveToFront Image Moves image to the front. (not enabled for inline images)
newLineStyleSheet newLineStyleSheet?index={1<=number<=number of paragraph stylesheets | newLineStyleSheet}?value=auto Paragraph,
Submenu		 Selected paragraph elements will use Nth stylesheet as stylesheet to use for new paragraphs created on Return or while splitting paragraphs; If value=auto, new paragraphs will use the same stylesheet (default). (menu item name is replaced at runtime with stylesheet name)
padding {doc | paragraph | image | textBox | section | header | footer | column | row| cell/}{inside | outside/}{padding | paddingLeft | paddingRight | paddingTop | paddingBottom | paddingLeftRight | paddingTopBottom }?value=<Css_length> Document,
Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Section,
Header, 
Footer,
Row,
Column,
Cell,
Submenu		 Changes target padding. (default target is paragraph)
pageMode pageMode?value={embedded | page | draft} Submenu Changes view mode.

Ex: pageMode?value=page
pageOrientation {section/}pageOrientation?value={landscape | portrait} Section,
Submenu		 Changes document or first selected section page orientation (if section is not specified, it will apply to all sections otherwise to the first selected section).

Ex: pageOrientation?value=portrait //change orientation to portrait for the whole document.

Ex: section/pageOrientation?value=landscape //change orientation to landscape for the first selected section
pageSize pageSize?index=<number> Submenu Changes document page size: number is Nth page size in the list of available pages sizes. The list contains the current printer page sizes, ISO page sizes and the custom page sizes defined by the user.
paragraph paragraph Paragraph,
Submenu		 Default submenu for paragraph layout.
paragraph/avoidPageBreakInside {paragraph/}avoidPageBreakInside Paragraph Allows/disallows page breaks inside paragraphs.
print print Document Prints document as rendered in page mode with view settings of the focused 4D Write Pro area.
refreshImages refreshImages Image Reloads images from the network for images with URLs.
removeSoftHyphens removeSoftHyphens   Removes all soft hyphens in the current selection (if the selection is empty, removes soft hyphen before or after the caret if any)
row/avoidPageBreakInside row/avoidPageBreakInside Table,
Row		 Allows/disallows page breaks inside table rows.

This action is disabled if: 
  • the current selection does not contain a table
  • the table does not allow page breaks
  • the table is inside a header or footer

Note: If several tables are selected and some of them don't allow page breaks, this option will be enabled but only applied to the tables that allow page breaks.
section section Section,
Submenu		 Default submenu for page layout for the first selected section.
section/differentFirstPage section/differentFirstPage Section Section has different first page or not.
section/differentLeftRightPages section/differentLeftRightPages Section Section has different left and right pages or not.
section/name/showDialog section/name/showDialog Section,
showDialog		 Displays a dialog allowing to enter the first selected section name.
section/remove section/remove Section

Deletes the first section that intersects the user’s selection regardless if the user has selected one or multiple sections. Disabled when only one section remains in the document.
section/reset section/reset Section Resets all first selected section attributes to default attributes - which are inherited from doc attributes for background, border and padding (same as for embedded mode) and 2.5cm for page margins. First selected section column properties are also removed (so only default section properties will apply).
split
  • {paragraph/}split
  • cell/split
 Paragraph,
Cell
  • Used with paragraph: splits paragraph.
  • Used with cells: splits the selected cells (only cells that have been already merged may be split).
styleSheet {paragraph | image/}styleSheet?value={1<=number<=number of target style sheets} Paragraph,
Image,
Submenu,
showDialog		 Applies Nth stylesheet to the selected target elements. With dialog, new stylesheet will use current attributes from the first selected target. (default target is paragraph)

Ex: styleSheet?value=1 //apply first paragraph style sheet to the selected paragraphs and set it as paragraph stylesheets.
styleSheets {paragraph | image/}styleSheets Paragraph,
Image,
Submenu		 Default submenu for editing target stylesheets.
tabDecimalSeparator tabDecimalSeparator?value={point | comma | pointOrComma | system} Document,
Submenu		 Defines the character used as decimal separator by decimal tabulations. 
tableAlign tableAlign?value={left | center | right} 

or

table/tableAlign?value={left | center | right} 		 Table,
Submenu		 Specifies horizontal alignment for a table.
table/avoidPageBreakInside table/avoidPageBreakInside Table Allows/disallows page breaks inside tables.

Disabled if:
  • the current selection does not contain at least one table
  • the table is in a header or a footer
table/bottomCarryOverRow table/bottomCarryOverRow Table Toggles between display/not display of carry-over rows (see Carry-over rows).
textAlign textAlign?value={left | right | center | justify | initial} Paragraph Paragraph text alignment (initial=use right for rtl or left for ltr direction).
textBox textBox Submenu Submenu with all actions available for the focused/selected text box
textBox/remove textBox/remove TextBox Removes the selected text box
textIndent textIndent?value=<Css_length> (may be negative) Paragraph,
Submenu		 Paragraph text indentation (first line indentation).

Ex: textIndent?value=2cm
textLinethrough textLinethrough Submenu For menu commands only. Linethrough submenu (with style and color).
textLinethroughColor textLinethroughColor?value={<Css_color> | currentColor} Submenu,
showDialog		 Ex: textLinethroughColor?value=red
textLinethroughStyle textLinethroughStyle?value={none | solid | dotted | dashed | double | semi-transparent | word} Submenu Ex: textLinethroughStyle?value=dotted
textShadow textShadow Submenu For menu commands only. Default submenu for text shadow (with color and offset).
textShadowColor textShadowColor?value={<Css_color> | none} Submenu,
showDialog		 Changes shadow status or color for characters.

Ex: textShadowColor?value=green
textShadowOffset textShadowOffset?value=<Css_length> Submenu Only length in pt is supported.

Ex: textShadowOffset?value=2pt
textTransform textTransform?value={none | capitalize | uppercase | lowercase | small-uppercase} Submenu Formats text.

Ex: textTransform?value=capitalize
textUnderline textUnderline Submenu For menu commands only. Underline submenu (with style and color)
textUnderlineColor textUnderlineColor?value={<Css_color> | currentColor} Submenu,
showDialog		 Ex: textUnderlineColor?value=red
textUnderlineStyle textUnderlineStyle?value={none | solid | dotted | dashed | double | semi-transparent | word} Submenu Ex: textUnderlineStyle?value=dotted
updateStyleSheet {paragraph | image/}updateStyleSheet Paragraph,
Image,
Submenu		 Updates first selected target stylesheet with first selected target current attributes (default target is paragraph)
userUnit userUnit?value={cm | mm | in | pt} Submenu Changes document layout unit (will be reflected on rulers).
verticalAlign {paragraph | row | column | cell | textBox/}verticalAlign?value={top | middle | bottom} Paragraph,
Row,
Column, 
Cell,
TextBox,
Submenu		 Paragraph vertical alignment.

Ex: verticalAlign?value=top. The effect depends on the minHeight value of the paragraph.
view view Submenu For menu commands only. Default submenu for view settings.
visibleBackground visibleBackground Document Shows/hides background, anchored pictures and text boxes
visibleEmptyImages visibleEmptyImages Document Shows/hides a default black rectangle for images that cannot be loaded or computed (empty images or images in an unsupported format).
visibleFooters visibleFooters Document Shows/hides footers.
visibleHeaders visibleHeaders Document Shows/hides headers.
visibleHiddenChars visibleHiddenChars Document Shows/hides hidden characters
visibleHorizontalRuler visibleHorizontalRuler Document Shows/hides horizontal ruler.
visiblePageFrames visiblePageFrames Document Shows/hides page frames.
visibleVerticalRuler visibleVerticalRuler Document Shows/hides vertical ruler (Page mode only).
visibleTableBorders visibleTableBorders Document Shows/hides internal and external table borders as dashed lines where no borders are defined.
widowAndOrphanControlEnabled widowAndOrphanControlEnabled Paragraph Toggles between widow and orphan control mode.
width {paragraph | image | textBox | column/}width?value=<Css_length> | auto Paragraph,
Image,
TextBox,
Column,
Submenu		 Target width (default target is paragraph). Auto value not available for text boxes (converted to 8 cm) and columns.


Ex: image/width?value=50pt
zoom zoom?value={25% <= percentage in Css <= 400%} Document,
Submenu		 Changes document view zoom.

Ex: zoom?value=120%


 

Several other standard actions are available in 4D forms and can be used in 4D Write Pro areas:

 
 



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Product: 4D
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HISTORY 

Created: 4D v16 R3
Modified: 4D v16 R4
Modified: 4D v16 R6
Modified: 4D v17
Modified: 4D v17 R4
Modified: 4D v18
Modified: 4D v18 R5
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