Properties

Every property the format takes, by node type, generated from the tables the vDesign parser and printer read. A property not listed here is not part of the format. What each one does is on Nodes; how expressions work is on Expressions.

Properties are listed in the order a saved file writes them. A line also carries its node type and id, and a text node its content, which are the line’s own structure rather than properties on it.

Values

Value	Written as
number or expression	A number, a percentage such as `(100%)`, or an expression: `$token`, `@id.edge`, or anything in parentheses.
value or expression	A literal (quoted when it has spaces, `=`, quotes or parentheses, or starts with `$` or `@`), a token name, or an expression starting with `$`, `@` or `(`.
number	A plain number. Never an expression.
text	A literal string, quoted when it has spaces, `=`, quotes or parentheses, or starts with `$` or `@`. Never an expression.
flag	The bare word turns it on (`clip`); `=true` and `=false` are accepted too.
alignment	One of `left`, `center`, `right`, `justify`.
vertical alignment	One of `top`, `middle`, `bottom`.
font style	One of `normal`, `italic`.
image fit	One of `cover`, `contain`, `fill`.
fill rule	One of `nonzero`, `evenodd`.
line cap	One of `butt`, `round`, `square`.
line join	One of `miter`, `round`, `bevel`.
blend mode	One of `normal`, `multiply`, `screen`, `overlay`, `darken`, `lighten`, `color-dodge`, `color-burn`, `hard-light`, `soft-light`, `difference`, `exclusion`, `hue`, `saturation`, `color`, `luminosity`.
page effect	One of `cut`, `fade`, `push`, `slide`.
node effect	One of `cut`, `fade`, `rise`, `drop`, `pop`.

Nodes

canvas

Property	Value
`name`	text
`w`	number or expression
`h`	number or expression
`background`	value or expression

frame

Property	Value
`name`	text
`x`	number or expression
`y`	number or expression
`w`	number or expression
`h`	number or expression
`background`	value or expression
`clip`	flag
`skip`	flag
`blend`	blend mode
`shadow`	value or expression
`hidden`	flag
`locked`	flag

group

Property	Value
`name`	text
`hidden`	flag
`locked`	flag

ellipse

Property	Value
`name`	text
`x`	number or expression
`y`	number or expression
`w`	number or expression
`h`	number or expression
`rotation`	number or expression
`fill`	value or expression
`stroke`	value or expression
`strokeWidth`	number or expression
`opacity`	number or expression
`blend`	blend mode
`shadow`	value or expression
`hidden`	flag
`locked`	flag

vector

Property	Value
`name`	text
`x`	number or expression
`y`	number or expression
`w`	number or expression
`h`	number or expression
`rotation`	number or expression
`view`	text
`d`	text
`fill`	value or expression
`stroke`	value or expression
`strokeWidth`	number or expression
`opacity`	number or expression
`rule`	fill rule
`cap`	line cap
`join`	line join
`blend`	blend mode
`shadow`	value or expression
`hidden`	flag
`locked`	flag

rect

Property	Value
`name`	text
`x`	number or expression
`y`	number or expression
`w`	number or expression
`h`	number or expression
`rotation`	number or expression
`fill`	value or expression
`stroke`	value or expression
`strokeWidth`	number or expression
`radius`	number or expression
`opacity`	number or expression
`blend`	blend mode
`shadow`	value or expression
`hidden`	flag
`locked`	flag

image

Property	Value
`name`	text
`x`	number or expression
`y`	number or expression
`w`	number or expression
`h`	number or expression
`rotation`	number or expression
`src`	value or expression
`fit`	image fit
`radius`	number or expression
`opacity`	number or expression
`blend`	blend mode
`shadow`	value or expression
`hidden`	flag
`locked`	flag

text

Property	Value
`name`	text
`x`	number or expression
`y`	number or expression
`w`	number or expression
`h`	number or expression
`rotation`	number or expression
`font`	value or expression
`size`	number or expression
`weight`	number or expression
`lineHeight`	number or expression
`letterSpacing`	number or expression
`align`	alignment
`valign`	vertical alignment
`italic`	flag
`fill`	value or expression
`opacity`	number or expression
`blend`	blend mode
`shadow`	value or expression
`hidden`	flag
`locked`	flag

Text runs

Marks on one run of a text node’s content. All literals: a run is not something an expression can address.

Property	Value
`font`	text
`size`	number
`weight`	number
`italic`	flag
`underline`	flag
`strike`	flag
`fill`	text
`letterSpacing`	number
`link`	text

Font faces

On a face line of a font declaration, after the file.

Property	Value
`weight`	number
`style`	font style

Motion

Read only by Play; see Motion.

After the page id, on the line that opens a page’s motion.

Property	Value
`enter`	page effect
`duration`	number
`scroll`	flag

Node lines

After a node id, one line per node under the header.

Property	Value
`enter`	node effect
`exit`	node effect
`duration`	number
`delay`	number
`step`	flag
`together`	flag
`go`	text