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Alpha: Document API is currently alpha and subject to breaking changes.

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Summary

Set section text flow direction (LTR/RTL).
  • Operation ID: sections.setSectionDirection
  • API member path: editor.doc.sections.setSectionDirection(...)
  • Mutates document: yes
  • Idempotency: conditional
  • Supports tracked mode: no
  • Supports dry run: yes
  • Deterministic target resolution: yes

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Expected result

Returns a SectionMutationResult receipt; reports NO_OP if text direction already matches.

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Input fields

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
directionenumyes"ltr", "rtl"
targetSectionAddressyesSectionAddress

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Example request

{
  "direction": "ltr",
  "target": {
    "kind": "section",
    "sectionId": "example"
  }
}

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Output fields

No fields.

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Example response

{
  "section": {
    "kind": "section",
    "sectionId": "example"
  },
  "success": true
}

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Pre-apply throws

  • TARGET_NOT_FOUND
  • INVALID_TARGET
  • INVALID_INPUT
  • CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE
  • INTERNAL_ERROR

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Non-applied failure codes

  • NO_OP
  • INVALID_TARGET
  • CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE

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Raw schemas

{
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "direction": {
      "enum": [
        "ltr",
        "rtl"
      ]
    },
    "target": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/SectionAddress"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "target",
    "direction"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

{
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "section": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/SectionAddress"
        },
        "success": {
          "const": true
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "success",
        "section"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "failure": {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "code": {
              "enum": [
                "NO_OP",
                "INVALID_TARGET",
                "CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE"
              ]
            },
            "details": {},
            "message": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "code",
            "message"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "success": {
          "const": false
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "success",
        "failure"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "section": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/SectionAddress"
    },
    "success": {
      "const": true
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "success",
    "section"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

{
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "failure": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "enum": [
            "NO_OP",
            "INVALID_TARGET",
            "CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE"
          ]
        },
        "details": {},
        "message": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "code",
        "message"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "success": {
      "const": false
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "success",
    "failure"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}