A collection of guides.
guide Properties
| Property | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| allow overrides | boolean | r/w | If true, the master page guide allows overrides. |
| class | type class | read | The class descriptor type. |
| fit to page | boolean | r/w | If true, horizontal orientation guides stop at the edges of the specified page. If false, the guides extends across the width of the spread and into the pasteboard area. |
| guide color | anything | r/w | The color of the guide, specified either as an array of three doubles, each in the range 0 to 255 and representing R, G, and B values, or as a UI color. Can return: list of 3 fixed (0 – 255) or light blue/red/green/blue/yellow/magenta/cyan/gray/black/o… |
| id | integer | read | The unique ID of the guide. |
| index | integer | read | The index of the guide within its containing object. |
| item layer | layer | r/w | The layer that the guide is on. |
| label | string | r/w | A property that can be set to any string. |
| location | number or string | r/w | The location at which to place the guide relative to the current ruler zero point. |
| locked | boolean | r/w | If true, the guide is locked. |
| object reference | guide | read | An object reference for the guide. |
| orientation | horizontal, vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal, vertical, horizontal, vertical, |
r/w | The orientation of the guide. |
| overridden | boolean | read | If true, the object originated on a master spread and was overridden. If false, the object either originated on a master spread and was not overridden, or the object did not originate on a master page. |
| overridden master page item | reference | read | An object that originated on a master page and has been overridden. Can return: page item, guide, graphic, movie or sound. |
| parent | reference | read | The parent of the guide (a page, document, layer, spread or master spread). Can return: page, document, layer, spread or master spread. |
| properties | record | r/w | A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time. |
| view threshold | fixed | r/w | The view magnification as a percentage below which guides are no longer displayed. (Range: 5.0 to 4000.0) |