Document apiReferenceLists

lists.insert

Insert a new list item before or after an existing list item. The new item inherits the target list context. Optional inheritFrom selects a same-story list item for paragraph and run formatting without changing placement or numbering. When omitted, existing paragraph-creation formatting, including next-style handling, is preserved.

mutates documenttracked modedry runnon-idempotent
doc.lists.insert(…)

Expected result

Returns a ListsInsertResult with the new list item address and block ID.

Inputs

targetListItemAddressrequired

The target list item. For 'insert': the item to insert relative to. For 'create' with mode 'fromParagraphs': use nodeType 'paragraph' instead. Format: {kind:'block', nodeType:'listItem', nodeId:'<id>'}.

Fields
kind"block"required
nodeType"listItem"required
nodeIdstringrequired
storyStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired
position"before" | "after"required

Required. Insert position relative to target: 'before' or 'after'.

2 additional input fields
textstring

Text content for the new list item.

inheritFromListItemAddress

Optional same-story list item to inherit paragraph and run formatting from without changing placement or numbering. When omitted, existing paragraph-creation formatting behavior, including next-style handling, is preserved.

Fields
kind"block"required
nodeType"listItem"required
nodeIdstringrequired
storyStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired

Result

Output fields
true
appliedChangeMode"direct" | "tracked"
idstring
insertedEntityAddress[]
updatedEntityAddress[]
removedEntityAddress[]
invalidatedRefsAffectedRef[]
remappedRefsAffectedRefRemapping[]
affectedStoriesStoryLocator[]
textRangeShiftsTextRangeShift[]
txIdstring
warningsReviewWarning[]
effectsReceiptEffects
Fields
insertedTextTextMutationEffect[]
insertedBlocksBlockMutationEffect[]
trackedChangeRefsTrackedChangeAddress[]
trackedChangeCountinteger
changedboolean
successtruerequired
itemListItemAddressrequired
Fields
kind"block"required
nodeType"listItem"required
nodeIdstringrequired
storyStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired
insertionPointTextAddressrequired
Fields
kind"text"required
blockIdstringrequired
rangeRangerequired
Fields
startintegerrequired
endintegerrequired
storyStoryLocator

Story scope. Defaults to document body when omitted. Use {kind:'story', storyType:'body'} for body, or other storyType values for headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes.

body
kind"story"required
storyType"body"required
headerFooterSlot
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterSlot"required
sectionSectionAddressrequired
headerFooterKind"header" | "footer"required
variant"default" | "first" | "even"required
resolution"effective" | "explicit"
onWrite"materializeIfInherited" | "editResolvedPart" | "error"
headerFooterPart
kind"story"required
storyType"headerFooterPart"required
refIdstringrequired
footnote
kind"story"required
storyType"footnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
endnote
kind"story"required
storyType"endnote"required
noteIdstringrequired
textbox
kind"story"required
storyType"textbox"required
textboxIdstringrequired
false
successfalserequired
failureobjectrequired
Fields
code"INVALID_TARGET" | "TARGET_NOT_FOUND" | "INVALID_CONTEXT"required
messagestringrequired
detailsunknown

Failures

Pre-apply throws

  • TARGET_NOT_FOUND
  • CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE
  • INVALID_TARGET

Non-applied receipt codes

  • INVALID_TARGET
  • TARGET_NOT_FOUND
  • INVALID_CONTEXT

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