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SetUnderline

Specifies that the contents of the run are displayed along with a line appearing directly below the character (less than all the spacing above and below the characters on the line).

Inherited from ApiRichTextPr.SetUnderline.

Syntax​

expression.SetUnderline(isUnderline);

expression - A variable that represents an ApiRichRun class.

Parameters​

NameRequired/OptionalData typeDefaultDescription
isUnderlineRequiredbooleanSpecifies that the contents of the current run are displayed underlined.

Returns​

ApiRichTextPr

Example​

Add an underline to text in a free text annotation in a PDF.

// How do I underline text in a PDF?

// Apply underline formatting in a PDF.

let doc = Api.GetDocument();
let freeTextAnnot = Api.CreateFreeTextAnnot([160, 50, 360, 135]);
let page = doc.GetPage(0);
page.AddObject(freeTextAnnot);
freeTextAnnot.SetIntent("freeTextCallout");
freeTextAnnot.SetCallout([{x: 161, y: 51}, {x: 249, y: 125}, {x: 261, y: 125}]);
freeTextAnnot.SetRectDiff([100, 64, 0.5, 0.5]);

let richContent = freeTextAnnot.GetContent();
let para = richContent.GetElement(0);
let run = para.GetElement(0);
run.AddText("Some example text");

let textPr = run.GetTextPr();
textPr.SetUnderline(true);

console.log(`We set underline to ${textPr.GetUnderline()} for rich text properties`);