setItemDescription - Methods - Author API

Author API Methods

setItemDescription()

Sets the description of the Item being edited.

You would want to use this method so that you can programatically set a default value for the description in all Items, for example.

Examples

var hasUpdatedDescription = authorApp.setItemDescription("My new description for the Item.");
console.log(hasUpdatedDescription);

Arguments

  • description string

    The description content of the Item.

Return value

Type string

Returns the description content if successful.

Type boolean

Returns false if unable to set the Item description. For example, when not in the Item editor view.

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