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API reference

addElementAtCursor

API reference for the addElementAtCursor method.
This version of the API is a preview. Preview APIs are unstable and may change without warning. You can't release public apps using this API until it's stable.

Add element to responsive documents, which slot things into a text stream

Parameters

elementElementAtCursorRequired

Elements targeting a cursor are a subset of the base Element

An element that renders image content.

typestringRequired

The type of element.

This must be "image".

altTextAltText | undefinedRequired

A description of the image content.

Use undefined for content with no description.

textstringRequired

The text content.

decorativeboolean | undefinedRequired

Indicates where the alternative text should be displayed.

  • If true, the alternative text will only be displayed in the editor.
  • If false, the alternative text will be displayed in the editor and in view-only mode.
dataUrlstringOptional

A data URL that contains the image data.

refImageRefOptional

A unique identifier that points to an image asset in Canva's backend.

An element that renders video content.

typestringRequired

The type of element.

This must be "video".

refVideoRefRequired

A unique identifier that points to a video asset in Canva's backend.

altTextAltText | undefinedRequired

A description of the video content.

Use undefined for content with no description.

textstringRequired

The text content.

decorativeboolean | undefinedRequired

Indicates where the alternative text should be displayed.

  • If true, the alternative text will only be displayed in the editor.
  • If false, the alternative text will be displayed in the editor and in view-only mode.

An element that renders rich media, such as a YouTube video.

typestringRequired

The type of element.

This must be "embed".

urlstringRequired

The URL of the rich media.

This URL must be supported by the Iframely API.

An element that renders text content.

typestringRequired

The type of element.

This must be "text".

childrenstring[]Required

The text content.

Only the first element in this array is used.

fontSizenumberOptional

The size of the text.

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 100

Default value: 16

textAlignstringOptional

The alignment of the text.

Default value: "start"

Available values:

  • "start"
  • "center"
  • "end"
  • "justify"
colorstringOptional

The color of the text as a hex code.

The hex code must include all six characters and be prefixed with a # symbol.

Example

"#ff0099"
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fontRefFontRefOptional

A unique identifier that points to a font asset in Canva's backend.

fontWeightFontWeightOptional

The weight (thickness) of the font.

Default value: "normal"

Available values:

  • "normal"
  • "thin"
  • "extralight"
  • "light"
  • "medium"
  • "semibold"
  • "bold"
  • "ultrabold"
  • "heavy"
fontStylestringOptional

The style of the font.

Default value: "normal"

Available values:

  • "normal"
  • "italic"
decorationstringOptional

The decoration of the font.

Default value: "none"

Available values:

  • "none"
  • "underline"

An element that renders richtext content.

typestringRequired

The type of element.

This must be "richtext".

rangeRichtextRangeRequired

The richtext content.

formatParagraphfunctionRequired

Formats all of the paragraphs that overlap the given bounds.

  • The \n character indicates the end of a paragraph.
  • All paragraphs that overlap the provided bounds will be formatted in their entirety.

Parameters

boundsBoundsRequired

The segment of the range on which to apply the formatting.

indexnumberRequired

The starting position of the segment.

This is zero-based, meaning the first character of the range is at index 0.

lengthnumberRequired

The number of characters in the segment, starting from the index.

formattingRichtextFormattingRequired

The formatting to apply to the paragraph(s).

colorstringOptional

The color of the text as a hex code.

The hex code must include all six characters and be prefixed with a # symbol.

Example

"#ff0099"
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fontWeightFontWeightOptional

The weight (thickness) of the font.

The available font weights depend on the font.

Default value: "normal"

Available values:

  • "normal"
  • "thin"
  • "extralight"
  • "light"
  • "medium"
  • "semibold"
  • "bold"
  • "ultrabold"
  • "heavy"
fontStylestringOptional

The style of the font.

Default value: "normal"

Available values:

  • "normal"
  • "italic"
decorationstringOptional

The decoration of the text.

Default value: "none"

Available values:

  • "none"
  • "underline"
strikethroughstringOptional

The strikethrough of the text.

Default value: "none"

Available values:

  • "none"
  • "strikethrough"
fontRefFontRefOptional

A unique identifier that points to a font asset in Canva's backend.

fontSizenumberOptional

The size of the text, in pixels.

  • In the Canva editor, this number is shown as points (pts), not pixels.

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 100

textAlignstringOptional

The alignment of the text.

Default value: "start"

Available values:

  • "start"
  • "center"
  • "end"
  • "justify"
listLevelnumberOptional

The list indentation level of the paragraph.

listMarkerstringOptional

The appearance of list item markers.

This property only has an effect if listLevel is greater than 0.

Default value: "none"

Available values:

  • "none"
  • "disc"
  • "circle"
  • "square"
  • "decimal"
  • "lower-alpha"
  • "lower-roman"
  • "checked"
  • "unchecked"

Returns

void

formatTextfunctionRequired

Formats a region of text with inline formatting properties.

Parameters

boundsBoundsRequired

The segment of the range on which to apply the formatting.

indexnumberRequired

The starting position of the segment.

This is zero-based, meaning the first character of the range is at index 0.

lengthnumberRequired

The number of characters in the segment, starting from the index.

formattingInlineFormattingRequired

The formatting to apply to the text.

colorstringOptional

The color of the text as a hex code.

The hex code must include all six characters and be prefixed with a # symbol.

Example

"#ff0099"
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fontWeightFontWeightOptional

The weight (thickness) of the font.

The available font weights depend on the font.

Default value: "normal"

Available values:

  • "normal"
  • "thin"
  • "extralight"
  • "light"
  • "medium"
  • "semibold"
  • "bold"
  • "ultrabold"
  • "heavy"
fontStylestringOptional

The style of the font.

Default value: "normal"

Available values:

  • "normal"
  • "italic"
decorationstringOptional

The decoration of the text.

Default value: "none"

Available values:

  • "none"
  • "underline"
strikethroughstringOptional

The strikethrough of the text.

Default value: "none"

Available values:

  • "none"
  • "strikethrough"

Returns

void

appendTextfunctionRequired

Appends the specified characters to the end of the range.

Parameters

charactersstringRequired

The characters to append to the richtext range.

formattingInlineFormattingOptional

Options for formatting inline richtext.

colorstringOptional

The color of the text as a hex code.

The hex code must include all six characters and be prefixed with a # symbol.

Example

"#ff0099"
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fontWeightFontWeightOptional

The weight (thickness) of the font.

The available font weights depend on the font.

Default value: "normal"

Available values:

  • "normal"
  • "thin"
  • "extralight"
  • "light"
  • "medium"
  • "semibold"
  • "bold"
  • "ultrabold"
  • "heavy"
fontStylestringOptional

The style of the font.

Default value: "normal"

Available values:

  • "normal"
  • "italic"
decorationstringOptional

The decoration of the text.

Default value: "none"

Available values:

  • "none"
  • "underline"
strikethroughstringOptional

The strikethrough of the text.

Default value: "none"

Available values:

  • "none"
  • "strikethrough"

Returns

boundsBounds

A segment of a richtext range.

indexnumber

The starting position of the segment.

This is zero-based, meaning the first character of the range is at index 0.

lengthnumber

The number of characters in the segment, starting from the index.

replaceTextfunctionRequired

Replaces a region of text with the specified characters.

Parameters

boundsBoundsRequired

The segment of the range to replace.

indexnumberRequired

The starting position of the segment.

This is zero-based, meaning the first character of the range is at index 0.

lengthnumberRequired

The number of characters in the segment, starting from the index.

charactersstringRequired

The replacement characters.

formattingInlineFormattingOptional

The formatting to apply to the replaced text.

colorstringOptional

The color of the text as a hex code.

The hex code must include all six characters and be prefixed with a # symbol.

Example

"#ff0099"
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fontWeightFontWeightOptional

The weight (thickness) of the font.

The available font weights depend on the font.

Default value: "normal"

Available values:

  • "normal"
  • "thin"
  • "extralight"
  • "light"
  • "medium"
  • "semibold"
  • "bold"
  • "ultrabold"
  • "heavy"
fontStylestringOptional

The style of the font.

Default value: "normal"

Available values:

  • "normal"
  • "italic"
decorationstringOptional

The decoration of the text.

Default value: "none"

Available values:

  • "none"
  • "underline"
strikethroughstringOptional

The strikethrough of the text.

Default value: "none"

Available values:

  • "none"
  • "strikethrough"

Returns

boundsBounds

The bounds of the replacement characters within the updated range.

indexnumber

The starting position of the segment.

This is zero-based, meaning the first character of the range is at index 0.

lengthnumber

The number of characters in the segment, starting from the index.

readPlaintextfunctionRequired

Returns the current state of the richtext as plaintext.

Returns

string

readTextRegionsfunctionRequired

Returns the current state of the richtext as one or more text regions. Each region is an object that contains the text content and its formatting.

Returns

textstring

The plaintext content of the region.

formattingPartial<RichtextFormatting>Optional

The formatting of the region.

An element that renders a table.

typestringRequired

The type of element.

This must be "table".

rowsobject[]Required

The rows of the table.

cellsArray<Cell | null | undefined>Required

The cells (columns) of the row.

Each row must have the same number of cells.

This should be either the following object, null, or undefined.

attributesCellAttributesOptional

The attributes of the cell.

backgroundColorstringOptional

The background color of the cell, as a hex code.

fontSizenumberOptional

The size of the text.

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 100

Default value: 16

textAlignstringOptional

The alignment of the text.

Default value: "start"

Available values:

  • "start"
  • "center"
  • "end"
  • "justify"
colorstringOptional

The color of the text as a hex code.

The hex code must include all six characters and be prefixed with a # symbol.

Example

"#ff0099"
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fontRefFontRefOptional

A unique identifier that points to a font asset in Canva's backend.

fontWeightFontWeightOptional

The weight (thickness) of the font.

Default value: "normal"

Available values:

  • "normal"
  • "thin"
  • "extralight"
  • "light"
  • "medium"
  • "semibold"
  • "bold"
  • "ultrabold"
  • "heavy"
fontStylestringOptional

The style of the font.

Default value: "normal"

Available values:

  • "normal"
  • "italic"
decorationstringOptional

The decoration of the font.

Default value: "none"

Available values:

  • "none"
  • "underline"
colSpannumberOptional

The number of columns that the cell occupies.

rowSpannumberOptional

The number of rows that the cell occupies.

typestringRequired

Available values:

  • "empty"
  • "string"
valuestring
Sometimes required

The plaintext content of the cell.

If an empty string is provided, the type will change to "empty".

Returns

Promise<void>