Appendix | iText Knowledge Base

A:AbstractElement methods

Method	Text / Link	Image	Tab	AreaBreak
`addStyle()`	Yes	Yes	No	No
`setHyphenation()`	Yes	No	No	No
`setSplitCharacters()`	Yes	No	No	No
`setHorizontalAlignment()`	No	Yes	No	No
`setTextAlignment()`	No	No	No	No
`setHeight()`	No	Yes	No	No
`setWidth()`	No	Yes	No	No
`setWidthPercent()`	No	Yes	No	No
`setBorder()`	Yes	Yes*	No	No
`setBorderLeft()`	Yes	Yes*	No	No
`setBorderRight()`	Yes	Yes*	No	No
`setBorderTop()`	Yes	Yes*	No	No
`setBorderBottom()`	Yes	Yes*	No	No
`setBackgroundColor()`	Yes	Yes*	No	No
`setFont()`	Yes	No	No	No
`setFontSize()`	Yes	No	No	No
`setFontColor()`	Yes	No	No	No
`setBold()`	Yes	No	No	No
`setItalic()`	Yes	No	No	No
`setLineThrough()`	Yes	No	No	No
`setUnderline()`	Yes	No	No	No
`setTextRenderingMode()`	Yes	No	No	No
`setStrokeColor()`	Yes	No	No	No
`setStrokeWidth()`	Yes	No	No	No
`setCharacterSpacing()`	Yes	No	No	No
`setWordSpacing()`	Yes	No	No	No
`setFontKerning()`	Typ	No	No	No
`setFontScript()`	Typ	No	No	No
`setBaseDirection()`	Typ	No	No	No
`setRelativePosition()`	Yes	Yes	No	No
`setFixedPosition()`	No	Yes	No	No
`setAction()`	Yes	Yes	No	No
`setDestination()`	Yes	Yes	No	No

In the Image column, some methods have an asterisk next to "Yes". The asterisk means that you may not notice that the method works because the image isn't transparent. For instance: it doesn't make sense to set a background color for an opaque image: the image covers the background completely. The same is true for borders.

B: BlockElement methods

Method	Paragraph	Div	List	Table	Cell	LineSeparator
`addStyle()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`setHyphenation()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setSplitCharacters()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setHorizontalAlignment()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
`setVerticalAlignment()`	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
`setRotationAngle()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
`setTextAlignment()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setKeepTogether()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setKeepWithNext()`	Yes*	Yes*	Yes*	Yes*	No	Yes*
`setHeight()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
`setWidth()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
`setWidthPercent()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
`setMargin()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`setMargins()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`setMarginLeft()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`setMarginRight()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`setMarginTop()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`setMarginBottom()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`setPadding()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
`setPaddings()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
`setPaddingLeft()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
`setPaddingRight()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
`setPaddingTop()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
`setPaddingBottom()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
`setBorder()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setBorderLeft()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setBorderRight()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setBorderTop()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setBorderBottom()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setBackgroundColor()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`setFont()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setFontSize()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setFontColor()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setBold()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setItalic()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setLineThrough()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setUnderline()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setTextRenderingMode()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setStrokeColor()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setStrokeWidth()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setSpacingRatio()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setCharacterSpacing()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setWordSpacing()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setFontKerning()`	Typ	Typ	Typ	Typ	Typ	No
`setFontScript()`	Typ	Typ	Typ	Typ	Typ	No
`setBaseDirection()`	Typ	Typ	Typ	Typ	Typ	No
`setRelativePosition()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setFixedPosition()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
`setAction()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
`setDestination()`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

There's an asterisk added to the "Yes" value of setKeepWithNext() because this method only works for objects added directly to the Document. It won't work for nested objects.

C: RootElement methods

Method	Document	Canvas
`setHyphenation()`	Yes	Yes
`setSplitCharacters()`	Yes	Yes
`setHorizontalAlignment()`	No	No
`setTextAlignment()`	Yes	Yes
`setHeight()`	No	No
`setWidth()`	No	No
`setWidthPercent()`	No	No
`setBorder()`	No	No
`setBorderLeft()`	No	No
`setBorderRight()`	No	No
`setBorderTop()`	No	No
`setBorderBottom()`	No	No
`setBackgroundColor()`	No	No
`setFont()`	Yes	Yes
`setFontSize()`	Yes	Yes
`setFontColor()`	Yes	Yes
`setBold()`	Yes	Yes
`setItalic()`	Yes	Yes
`setLineThrough()`	Yes	Yes
`setUnderline()`	Yes	Yes
`setTextRenderingMode()`	Yes	Yes
`setStrokeColor()`	Yes	Yes
`setStrokeWidth()`	Yes	Yes
`setCharacterSpacing()`	Yes	Yes
`setWordSpacing()`	Yes	Yes
`setFontKerning()`	Typ	Typ
`setFontScript()`	Typ	Typ
`setBaseDirection()`	Typ	Typ
`setRelativePosition()`	No	No
`setFixedPosition()`	No	No
`setDestination()`	No	No
`showTextAligned()`	Yes	Yes
`showTextAlignedKerned()`	Typ	Typ
`add(BlockElement)`	Yes	Yes
`add(Image)`	Yes	Yes
`add(AreaBreak)`	Yes	No
`setMargins()`	Yes	No
`setLeftMargin()`	Yes	No
`setRightMargin()`	Yes	No
`setTopMargin()`	Yes	No
`setBottomMargin()`	Yes	No