PDFAnnotationFreeText Class Reference
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| Framework | Library/Frameworks/Quartz.framework/Frameworks/PDFKit.framework |
| Availability | Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.
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| Declared in | PDFAnnotationFreeText.h |
Overview
A PDFAnnotationFreeText object displays text on a page.
Unlike a PDFAnnotationText object, a PDFAnnotationFreeText object has no open or closed state; its text is always visible. The text annotation performed in Preview uses PDFAnnotationFreeText.
The PDFAnnotation class’s contents and setContents: methods let you get and set the textual content for a PDFAnnotationFreeText object.
Tasks
Managing Text Alignment
Managing Font and Font Color
Instance Methods
alignment
Returns the horizontal alignment of text within the bounds of the annotation.
- (NSTextAlignment)alignment
Return Value
The horizontal alignment of text within the bounds of the annotation. Supported values are NSLeftTextAlignment, NSRightTextAlignment, and NSCenterTextAlignment.
Availability
- Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.
See Also
Declared In
PDFAnnotationFreeText.hfont
Returns the font used for the annotation’s text field.
- (NSFont *)font
Return Value
The font used for the annotation’s text field.
Availability
- Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.
See Also
Declared In
PDFAnnotationFreeText.hfontColor
Returns the font color used in the text field of the annotation.
- (NSColor *)fontColor
Return Value
The font color used in the text field of the annotation.
Availability
- Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.
See Also
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– setFontColor:
Declared In
PDFAnnotationFreeText.hsetAlignment:
Sets the horizontal alignment of text within the bounds of the annotation.
- (void)setAlignment:(NSTextAlignment)alignment
Parameters
- alignment
Send
NSLeftTextAlignment,NSRightTextAlignment, orNSCenterTextAlignmentto set the horizontal alignment of text within the bounds of the annotation.
Availability
- Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.
See Also
Declared In
PDFAnnotationFreeText.hsetFont:
Sets the font used in the text field of the annotation.
- (void)setFont:(NSFont *)font
Parameters
- font
The font to be used in the text field of the annotation.
Availability
- Available in Mac OS X v10.4 and later.
See Also
Declared In
PDFAnnotationFreeText.hsetFontColor:
Sets the font color used in the text field of the annotation.
- (void)setFontColor:(NSColor *)color
Parameters
- color
The font color to be used in the text field of the annotation.
Availability
- Available in Mac OS X v10.5 and later.
See Also
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– fontColor
Declared In
PDFAnnotationFreeText.h
Last updated: 2007-12-11
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