Style - Scoped, Global

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Creates a style for defining properties such font size, border, and alignment. You can apply the same style to multiple objects simultaneously.

This API is part of the ServiceNow PDF Generation Utilities plugin (com.snc.apppdfgenerator) and is provided within the sn_pdfgeneratorutils namespace. The plugin is activated by default.

This API is a component used with the Document API to generate a PDF.

You can apply custom styles to the following API elements:

Parent Topic:Server API reference

Style - Style()

Instantiates a new Style object.

Name Type Description
None

The following examples shows how to create a Style object that you can add to a Cell, Paragraph or Table element.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

Style – setBackgroundColor(Color color)

Specifies a background color of an element.

Name Type Description
color Color Background color.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set element background color. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var color = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Color([1, 0.9, 0.9]); // provided as array of RGB float values
style.setBackGroundColor(color);

Style – setBold()

Sets a style to bold font.

Name Type Description
None
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set a style to bold font.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();style.setBold();

Style – setBorder(Number width)

Sets the style border on all four sides of an element.

Name Type Description
width Number Style border width in points.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set a style border. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var width = 2;
style.setBorder(width);

Style – setBorderBottom(Number width)

Sets the style border to the bottom of an element.

Name Type Description
width Number Style border width in points.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set a style border to the bottom of an element. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var width = 2;
style.setBorderBottom(width);

Style – setBorderLeft(Number width)

Sets the style border on the left side of an element.

Name Type Description
width Number Style border width in points.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set a style border on the left side of an element. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var width = 2;
style.setBorderLeft(width);

Style – setBorderRight(Number width)

Sets the style border on the right side of an element.

Name Type Description
width Number Style border width in points.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set a style border on the right side of an element. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var width = 2;
style.setBorderRight(width);

Style – setBorderTop(Number width)

Sets the style border to the top of an element.

Name Type Description
width Number Style border width in points.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set a style border to the top of an element. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var width = 2;
style.setBorderTop(width);

Style – setColoredBorder(Number width, Color color)

Sets style border with color on all four sides of an element.

Name Type Description
width Number Style border width in points.
color Color Style border color.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set a style border with color. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var width = 1.0;var borderColor = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Color([0.8,0.8,0.8]);
style.setColoredBorder(width, borderColor);

Style – setColoredBorderBottom(Number width, Color color)

Sets style border with color to the bottom side of an element.

Name Type Description
width Number Style border width in points.
color Color Style border color.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set a style border to the bottom of an element.For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var width = 1.0;var borderColor = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Color([0.8,0.8,0.8]);
style.setColoredBorderBottom(width, borderColor);

Style – setColoredBorderLeft(Number width, Color color)

Sets style border with color on the left side of an element.

Name Type Description
width Number Style border width in points.
color Color Style border color.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set a style border. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var width = 1.0;var borderColor = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Color([0.8,0.8,0.8]);
style.setColoredBorderLeft(width, borderColor);

Style – setColoredBorderRight(Number width, Color color)

Sets style border with color on the right side of an element.

Name Type Description
width Number Style border width in points.
color Color Style border color.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set a style border with color. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var width = 1.0;var borderColor = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Color([0.8,0.8,0.8]);
style.setColoredBorderRight(width, borderColor);

Style – setColoredBorderTop(Number width, Color color)

Sets style border with color to the top side of an element.

Name Type Description
width Number Style border width in points.
color Color Style border color.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set a style border. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var width = 1.0;var borderColor = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Color([0.8,0.8,0.8]);
style.setColoredBorderTop(width, borderColor);

Style – setFontColor(Color color)

Sets a font color.

Name Type Description
color Color Font color.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set a font color. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var fontColor = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Color([1,0.5,0.5]);
style.setFontColor(fontColor);

Style – setFontSize(Number fontSize)

Sets a style font size.

Name Type Description
fontSize Number Font size in points.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set a font size.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
style.setFontSize(12);

Style – setHorizontalAlignment(String alignment)

Sets the horizontal alignment for a style.

Name

Type

Description

alignment

String

Horizontal alignment setting.Valid values:

  • center: Align contents to the center.
  • left: Align contents to the left.
  • right: Align contents to the right.
|Type|Description| |----|-----------| |None| |

The following example shows how to set horizontal alignment on an element. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var alignment = "Center";
style.setHorizontalAlignment(alignment);

Style – setItalic()

Sets a style to italic font.

Name Type Description
None
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set an element style to an italic font.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();style.setItalic();

Style – setPadding(Number padding)

Sets the padding of all four sides of an element to the same width.

See also:

Name Type Description
padding Number Padding width in points as a decimal value.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set bottom style to 2.5 points. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var padding = 2.5;
style.setPadding(padding);

Style – setPaddingBottom(Number padding)

Sets the value of the bottom padding width of an element.

See also:

Name Type Description
padding Number Padding width in points as a decimal value.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set bottom element padding to 2.5 points. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var padding = 2.5;
style.setPaddingBottom(padding);

Style – setPaddingLeft(Number padding)

Sets the value of the left padding width of an element.

See also:

Name Type Description
padding Number Padding width in points as a decimal value.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set left element padding to 2.5 points. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var padding = 2.5;
style.setPaddingLeft(padding);

Style – setPaddingRight(Number padding)

Sets the value of the right padding width of a style.

See also:

Name Type Description
padding Number Padding width in points as a decimal value.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set right element padding to 2.5 points. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var padding = 2.5;
style.setPaddingRight(padding);

Style – setPaddingTop(Number padding)

Sets the value of the top padding width of an element.

See also:

Name Type Description
padding Number Padding width in points as a decimal value.
Type Description
None

The following example shows how to set top element padding to 2.5 points. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var padding = 2.5;
style.setPaddingTop(padding);

Style – setTextAlignment(String alignment)

Sets the text alignment for a style.

Name

Type

Description

alignment

String

Text alignment position.Valid values:

  • text-center: Aligns text to the center.
  • text-justified: Modifies the space between characters to completely fill text between the left and right sides. The final line is left-aligned.
  • text-justified-all: Justifies text alignment including the final line.
  • text-left: Align text to the left.
  • text-right: Align text to the right.
|Type|Description| |----|-----------| |None| |

The following example shows how to set the element text to center alignment.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
String alignment = "text-center";
style.setTextAlignment(alignment);

Style – setVerticalAlignment(String alignment)

Sets the vertical alignment for this element.

Name

Type

Description

alignment

String

Vertical alignment setting.Valid values:

  • bottom: Aligns contents to the bottom.
  • mid: Aligns contents to the center.
  • top: Aligns contents to the top.
|Type|Description| |----|-----------| |None| |

The following example shows how to set vertical alignment on an element. For a document usage example, see Document API.

JavaScript
var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
var alignment = "Mid";
style.setVerticalAlignment(alignment);
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