Enum ElementType

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ElementType is an enumeration listing all possible element types in a document.
You access ElementType enum values using the parent class, name, and property like DocumentApp.ElementType.BODY_SECTION.
ElementType can be used to check the type of a specific element in a document, as shown in the provided code example.
The table lists various ElementType properties and their corresponding document elements.

An enumeration of all the element types.

To call an enum, you call its parent class, name, and property. For example, DocumentApp.ElementType.BODY_SECTION.

Use the ElementType enumeration to check the type of a given element, for instance:

const documentTab =
    DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getActiveTab().asDocumentTab();
const firstChild = documentTab.getBody().getChild(0);
if (firstChild.getType() === DocumentApp.ElementType.PARAGRAPH) {
  // It's a paragraph, apply a paragraph heading.
  firstChild.asParagraph().setHeading(DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING1);
}

Properties

Property	Type	Description
`BODY_SECTION`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `Body` element.
`COMMENT_SECTION`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `CommentSection` element.
`DATE`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `Date` element.
`EQUATION`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `Equation` element.
`EQUATION_FUNCTION`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `EquationFunction` element.
`EQUATION_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT_SEPARATOR`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `EquationFunctionArgumentSeparator` element.
`EQUATION_SYMBOL`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `EquationSymbol` element.
`RICH_LINK`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `RichLink` element.
`FOOTER_SECTION`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `FooterSection` element.
`FOOTNOTE`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `Footnote` element.
`FOOTNOTE_SECTION`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `FootnoteSection` element.
`HEADER_SECTION`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `HeaderSection` element.
`HORIZONTAL_RULE`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `HorizontalRule` element.
`INLINE_DRAWING`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `InlineDrawing` element.
`INLINE_IMAGE`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `InlineImage` element.
`LIST_ITEM`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `ListItem` element.
`PAGE_BREAK`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `PageBreak` element.
`PARAGRAPH`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `Paragraph` element.
`PERSON`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `Person` element.
`TABLE`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `Table` element.
`TABLE_CELL`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `TableCell` element.
`TABLE_OF_CONTENTS`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `TableOfContents` element.
`TABLE_ROW`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `TableRow` element.
`TEXT`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to the `Text` element.
`UNSUPPORTED`	`Enum`	The type corresponding to `UnsupportedElement`. Unsupported elements represent document portions that do not support scripting.

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Enum ElementType