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Александр Брянский
Александр Брянский

Reputation: 61

AppScript. Is there a way to check if list item has a checkbox?

Google document allows to add list items with a checkboxes, like on the screenshot below: enter image description here

I need to write a appscript to check if list item has a checbox, but i haven't found appropriate field/method in documentation and this kind of list item return null instead of GlyphType: enter image description here

Does anyone know if it is actually possible somehow?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 559

Answers (2)

Luis Correa
Luis Correa

Reputation: 174

Log time of this question.

From Google, nothing relevant about this has changed, but I am working on a script when I need to check the glypth type too. My strategy(a workaround) is simple and it is working: if elem.getGlyphType() is diferent to all DocumentApp.ElementType Enums, it returns null; so

if(elem.getGlyphType()==null){
    //it is a checkbox
}

Take care: When Google(a dream day) add a new enum type to checkboxes it didnt work

Maybe it helps someone.

Upvotes: 0

Rafa Guillermo
Rafa Guillermo

Reputation: 15375

This isn't currently possible!

But there is already a report on Google's Issue Tracker which requests the behaviour you seek:

Google does seem to know about this feature request but if it's causing problems I suggest leaving a comment to bump its priority.

You can also hit the ☆ next to the issue number in the top left on the aforementioned pages which lets Google know more people would like to see this implemented.

Upvotes: 2

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