Word.ContentControlListItemCollection class
Contains a collection of Word.ContentControlListItem objects that represent the items in a dropdown list or combo box content control.
- Extends
Remarks
Examples
// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/10-content-controls/insert-and-change-combo-box-content-control.yaml
// Gets the list items from the first combo box content control found in the selection.
await Word.run(async (context) => {
const selectedRange: Word.Range = context.document.getSelection();
let selectedContentControl = selectedRange
.getContentControls({
types: [Word.ContentControlType.comboBox]
})
.getFirstOrNullObject();
selectedContentControl.load("id,comboBoxContentControl");
await context.sync();
if (selectedContentControl.isNullObject) {
const parentContentControl: Word.ContentControl = selectedRange.parentContentControl;
parentContentControl.load("id,type,comboBoxContentControl");
await context.sync();
if (parentContentControl.isNullObject || parentContentControl.type !== Word.ContentControlType.comboBox) {
console.warn("No combo box content control is currently selected.");
return;
} else {
selectedContentControl = parentContentControl;
}
}
let selectedComboBox: Word.ComboBoxContentControl = selectedContentControl.comboBoxContentControl;
selectedComboBox.listItems.load("items");
await context.sync();
const currentItems: Word.ContentControlListItemCollection = selectedComboBox.listItems;
console.log(`The list from the combo box content control with ID ${selectedContentControl.id}:`, currentItems);
});
Properties
| context | The request context associated with the object. This connects the add-in's process to the Office host application's process. |
| items | Gets the loaded child items in this collection. |
Methods
| get |
Gets the first list item in this collection. Throws an |
| get |
Gets the first list item in this collection. If this collection is empty, then this method will return an object with its |
| load(options) | Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call |
| load(property |
Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call |
| load(property |
Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call |
| toJSON() | Overrides the JavaScript |
| track() | Track the object for automatic adjustment based on surrounding changes in the document. This call is a shorthand for context.trackedObjects.add(thisObject). If you're using this object across |
| untrack() | Release the memory associated with this object, if it has previously been tracked. This call is shorthand for context.trackedObjects.remove(thisObject). Having many tracked objects slows down the host application, so please remember to free any objects you add, once you're done using them. You will need to call |
Property Details
context
The request context associated with the object. This connects the add-in's process to the Office host application's process.
context: RequestContext;Property Value
items
Gets the loaded child items in this collection.
readonly items: Word.ContentControlListItem[];Property Value
Method Details
getFirst()
Gets the first list item in this collection. Throws an ItemNotFound error if this collection is empty.
getFirst(): Word.ContentControlListItem;Returns
Remarks
getFirstOrNullObject()
Gets the first list item in this collection. If this collection is empty, then this method will return an object with its isNullObject property set to true. For further information, see *OrNullObject methods and properties.
getFirstOrNullObject(): Word.ContentControlListItem;Returns
Remarks
load(options)
Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.
load(options?: Word.Interfaces.ContentControlListItemCollectionLoadOptions & Word.Interfaces.CollectionLoadOptions): Word.ContentControlListItemCollection;Parameters
- options
-
Word.Interfaces.ContentControlListItemCollectionLoadOptions & Word.Interfaces.CollectionLoadOptions
Provides options for which properties of the object to load.
Returns
load(propertyNames)
Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.
load(propertyNames?: string | string[]): Word.ContentControlListItemCollection;Parameters
- propertyNames
-
string | string[]
A comma-delimited string or an array of strings that specify the properties to load.
Returns
load(propertyNamesAndPaths)
Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.
load(propertyNamesAndPaths?: OfficeExtension.LoadOption): Word.ContentControlListItemCollection;Parameters
- propertyNamesAndPaths
- OfficeExtension.LoadOption
propertyNamesAndPaths.select is a comma-delimited string that specifies the properties to load, and propertyNamesAndPaths.expand is a comma-delimited string that specifies the navigation properties to load.
Returns
toJSON()
Overrides the JavaScript toJSON() method in order to provide more useful output when an API object is passed to JSON.stringify(). (JSON.stringify, in turn, calls the toJSON method of the object that is passed to it.) Whereas the original Word.ContentControlListItemCollection object is an API object, the toJSON method returns a plain JavaScript object (typed as Word.Interfaces.ContentControlListItemCollectionData) that contains an "items" array with shallow copies of any loaded properties from the collection's items.
toJSON(): Word.Interfaces.ContentControlListItemCollectionData;Returns
track()
Track the object for automatic adjustment based on surrounding changes in the document. This call is a shorthand for context.trackedObjects.add(thisObject). If you're using this object across .sync calls and outside the sequential execution of a ".run" batch, and get an "InvalidObjectPath" error when setting a property or invoking a method on the object, you need to add the object to the tracked object collection when the object was first created. If this object is part of a collection, you should also track the parent collection.
track(): Word.ContentControlListItemCollection;Returns
untrack()
Release the memory associated with this object, if it has previously been tracked. This call is shorthand for context.trackedObjects.remove(thisObject). Having many tracked objects slows down the host application, so please remember to free any objects you add, once you're done using them. You will need to call context.sync() before the memory release takes effect.
untrack(): Word.ContentControlListItemCollection;Returns
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