@express-document-sdk / ArtboardNode
Class: ArtboardNode
An ArtboardNode represents an artboard object in the scenegraph. All user visual content must be contained on an artboard.
When multiple artboards exist on a page, the artboards represent "scenes" in a linear timeline sequence. Please note that creating and deleting an artboard in a single frame will crash the editor.
Extends
Implements
Accessors
addOnData
• get addOnData(): AddOnData
IMPORTANT: This is currently experimental only and should not be used in any add-ons you will be distributing until it has been declared stable. To use it, you will first need to set the experimentalApis flag to true in the requirements section of the manifest.json.
Get AddOnData reference for managing the private metadata on this node for this add-on.
Returns
allChildren
• get allChildren(): Readonly<Iterable<Node>>
Returns a read-only list of all children of the node. General-purpose content containers such as ArtboardNode or
GroupNode also provide a mutable ContainerNode.children list. Other nodes with a more specific structure can
hold children in various discrete "slots"; this allChildren list includes all such children and reflects their
overall display z-order.
The children of an Artboard are always other Node classes (never the more minimal BaseNode).
Returns
Readonly<Iterable<Node>>
boundsLocal
• get boundsLocal(): Readonly<Rect>
The bounding box of the node, expressed in the node's local coordinate space (which may be shifted or rotated relative to its parent). Generally matches the selection outline seen in the UI, encompassing the vector path "spine" of the shape as well as its stroke, but excluding effects such as shadows.
The top-left corner of the bounding box corresponds to the visual top-left corner of the node, but this value is not necessarily (0,0) – this is especially true for Text and Path nodes.
Returns
Readonly<Rect>
centerPointLocal
• get centerPointLocal(): Readonly<Point>
Position of the node's centerpoint in its own local coordinate space, i.e. the center of the boundsLocal box.
Returns
Readonly<Point>
children
• get children(): ItemList<Node>
The node's children. Use the methods on this ItemList object to get, add, and remove children.
Returns
fill
• get fill(): Readonly<Fill>
• set fill(fill): void
The background fill of the artboard. Artboards must always have a fill.
Parameters
• fill: Fill
Returns
Readonly<Fill>
height
• get height(): number
The height of the artboard.
Returns
number
id
• get id(): string
A unique identifier for this node that stays the same when the file is closed & reopened, or if the node is moved to a different part of the document.
Returns
string
parent
• get parent(): undefined | PageNode
The node's parent. Undefined if the node is an orphan.
Returns
undefined | PageNode
topLeftLocal
• get topLeftLocal(): Readonly<Point>
Position of the node's top-left corner in its own local coordinate space, equal to (boundsLocal.x, boundsLocal.y). If the node is rotated, this is not the same as the top-left corner of boundsInParent.
Returns
Readonly<Point>
type
• get type(): SceneNodeType
The node's type.
Returns
visualRoot
• get visualRoot(): VisualNode
The highest ancestor that still has visual presence in the document. Typically an Artboard, but for orphaned content, it will be the root of the deleted content (which might be this node itself).
Nodes that are both in the same visualRoot subtree lie within the same "visual space" of the document's structure. Nodes that are in different visual roots have no spatial relation to one another; there is no meaningful comparison or conversion between the bounds or coordinate spaces of such nodes.
Returns
width
• get width(): number
The width of the artboard.
Returns
number
Methods
localPointInNode()
• localPointInNode(localPoint, targetNode): Readonly<Point>
Convert a point given in the node’s local coordinate space to a point in the coordinate space of the target node. Both nodes must share the same visualRoot, but can lie anywhere within that subtree relative to one another (the target node need not be an ancestor of this node, nor vice versa).
Parameters
• localPoint: Point
• targetNode: VisualNode
Returns
Readonly<Point>
Implementation of
ContainerNode.localPointInNode
Inherited from
removeFromParent()
• removeFromParent(): void
Removes the node from its parent - effectively deleting it, if the node is not re-added to another parent before the document is closed.
If parent is a basic ContainerNode, this is equivalent to node.parent.children.remove(node). For nodes with other
child "slots," removes the child from whichever slot it resides in, if possible. Throws if the slot does not permit
removal. No-op if node is already an orphan.
Returns
void
Implementation of
ContainerNode.removeFromParent
