Identify if some element is of text nature

• Sep 22, 2024 - 12:37

Hi,
Is there a way to identify that an element is a text element ? (my goal is to write a plugin that applies some colour and frame formatting)

Now I'm testing the typeof the element with a list of known text types:

console.log("element "+i+" is " + element.userName());
if (element.type == Element.REHEARSAL_MARK ||
    element.type == Element.HARMONY ||
    element.type == Element.SYSTEM_TEXT ||
    element.type == Element.STAFF_TEXT ||
    ...

Is there a more generic way to identify text elements ?

Comments

worldwideweary

• Sep 22, 2024 - 14:32

Have you tried TEXT?

Would seem to stick out like a sore thumb for testing ;)
...but who knows.

parkingb

• Sep 22, 2024 - 15:06

I would have been nice ;-)
But it isn't a general super type for all text elements.
I just tested. Texts such as lyricist, composer, ... match this type.
But texts such as staff text, system text, rehearsal marks, ... don't :-(

worldwideweary

• Sep 22, 2024 - 15:13

Oh, that's too bad. The actual codebase uses a TextBase class, which works for practically everything text related, but it may not be in the plugin API "architecture"

yonah_ag

• Sep 22, 2024 - 15:24

Maybe you could test for the existence of one of the text properties that you require and only apply the formatting when you find it.

For one of my plugins I built a list of element types as I came across them but it's clearly not a definitive list:

property var rgbElem : [ 20, 11, 42, 19, 25, 32, 33, 34, 58, 6, 7 ] // RGB-able elements

(These are v3 values and I think they changed with v4 but the enumeration object is quite slow so I chose not to use it).

parkingb

• Sep 23, 2024 - 09:23

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm testing on the existent of the frameType property, and it is working fine.