Style - Scoped, Global

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  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    • Creates a style for defining properties such font size, border, and alignment. You can apply the same style to multiple objects simultaneously.

    This API is part of the ServiceNow PDF Generation Utilities plugin (com.snc.apppdfgenerator) and is provided within the sn_pdfgeneratorutils namespace. The plugin is activated by default.

    This API is a component used with the Document API to generate a PDF.

    You can apply custom styles to the following API elements:

    Style - Style()

    Instantiates a new Style object.

    Table 1. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    None

    The following examples shows how to create a Style object that you can add to a Cell, Paragraph or Table element.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

    Style – setBackgroundColor(Color color)

    Specifies a background color of an element.

    Table 2. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    color Color Background color.
    Table 3. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set element background color. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var color = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Color([1, 0.9, 0.9]); // provided as array of RGB float values

style.setBackGroundColor(color);

    Style – setBold()

    Sets a style to bold font.

    Table 4. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    None
    Table 5. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set a style to bold font.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
style.setBold();

    Style – setBorder(Number width)

    Sets the style border on all four sides of an element.

    Table 6. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    width Number Style border width in points.
    Table 7. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set a style border. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var width = 2;

style.setBorder(width);

    Style – setBorderBottom(Number width)

    Sets the style border to the bottom of an element.

    Table 8. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    width Number Style border width in points.
    Table 9. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set a style border to the bottom of an element. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var width = 2;

style.setBorderBottom(width);

    Style – setBorderLeft(Number width)

    Sets the style border on the left side of an element.

    Table 10. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    width Number Style border width in points.
    Table 11. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set a style border on the left side of an element. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var width = 2;

style.setBorderLeft(width);

    Style – setBorderRight(Number width)

    Sets the style border on the right side of an element.

    Table 12. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    width Number Style border width in points.
    Table 13. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set a style border on the right side of an element. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var width = 2;

style.setBorderRight(width);

    Style – setBorderTop(Number width)

    Sets the style border to the top of an element.

    Table 14. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    width Number Style border width in points.
    Table 15. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set a style border to the top of an element. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var width = 2;

style.setBorderTop(width);

    Style – setColoredBorder(Number width, Color color)

    Sets style border with color on all four sides of an element.

    Table 16. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    width Number Style border width in points.
    color Color Style border color.
    Table 17. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set a style border with color. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var width = 1.0;
var borderColor = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Color([0.8,0.8,0.8]);

style.setColoredBorder(width, borderColor);

    Style – setColoredBorderBottom(Number width, Color color)

    Sets style border with color to the bottom side of an element.

    Table 18. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    width Number Style border width in points.
    color Color Style border color.
    Table 19. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set a style border to the bottom of an element.For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var width = 1.0;
var borderColor = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Color([0.8,0.8,0.8]);

style.setColoredBorderBottom(width, borderColor);

    Style – setColoredBorderLeft(Number width, Color color)

    Sets style border with color on the left side of an element.

    Table 20. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    width Number Style border width in points.
    color Color Style border color.
    Table 21. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set a style border. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var width = 1.0;
var borderColor = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Color([0.8,0.8,0.8]);

style.setColoredBorderLeft(width, borderColor);

    Style – setColoredBorderRight(Number width, Color color)

    Sets style border with color on the right side of an element.

    Table 22. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    width Number Style border width in points.
    color Color Style border color.
    Table 23. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set a style border with color. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var width = 1.0;
var borderColor = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Color([0.8,0.8,0.8]);

style.setColoredBorderRight(width, borderColor);

    Style – setColoredBorderTop(Number width, Color color)

    Sets style border with color to the top side of an element.

    Table 24. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    width Number Style border width in points.
    color Color Style border color.
    Table 25. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set a style border. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var width = 1.0;
var borderColor = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Color([0.8,0.8,0.8]);

style.setColoredBorderTop(width, borderColor);

    Style – setFontColor(Color color)

    Sets a font color.

    Table 26. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    color Color Font color.
    Table 27. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set a font color. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var fontColor = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Color([1,0.5,0.5]);

style.setFontColor(fontColor);

    Style – setFontSize(Number fontSize)

    Sets a style font size.

    Table 28. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    fontSize Number Font size in points.
    Table 29. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set a font size.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

style.setFontSize(12);

    Style – setHorizontalAlignment(String alignment)

    Sets the horizontal alignment for a style.

    Table 30. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    alignment String Horizontal alignment setting.
    Valid values:
    • center: Align contents to the center.
    • left: Align contents to the left.
    • right: Align contents to the right.
    Table 31. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set horizontal alignment on an element. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var alignment = "Center";

style.setHorizontalAlignment(alignment);

    Style – setItalic()

    Sets a style to italic font.

    Table 32. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    None
    Table 33. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set an element style to an italic font.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();
style.setItalic();

    Style – setPadding(Number padding)

    Sets the padding of all four sides of an element to the same width.

    See also:
    Table 34. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    padding Number Padding width in points as a decimal value.
    Table 35. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set bottom style to 2.5 points. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var padding = 2.5;

style.setPadding(padding);

    Style – setPaddingBottom(Number padding)

    Sets the value of the bottom padding width of an element.

    See also:
    Table 36. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    padding Number Padding width in points as a decimal value.
    Table 37. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set bottom element padding to 2.5 points. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var padding = 2.5;

style.setPaddingBottom(padding);

    Style – setPaddingLeft(Number padding)

    Sets the value of the left padding width of an element.

    See also:
    Table 38. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    padding Number Padding width in points as a decimal value.
    Table 39. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set left element padding to 2.5 points. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var padding = 2.5;

style.setPaddingLeft(padding);

    Style – setPaddingRight(Number padding)

    Sets the value of the right padding width of a style.

    See also:
    Table 40. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    padding Number Padding width in points as a decimal value.
    Table 41. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set right element padding to 2.5 points. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var padding = 2.5;

style.setPaddingRight(padding);

    Style – setPaddingTop(Number padding)

    Sets the value of the top padding width of an element.

    See also:
    Table 42. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    padding Number Padding width in points as a decimal value.
    Table 43. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set top element padding to 2.5 points. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var padding = 2.5;

style.setPaddingTop(padding);

    Style – setTextAlignment(String alignment)

    Sets the text alignment for a style.

    Table 44. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    alignment String Text alignment position.
    Valid values:
    • text-center: Aligns text to the center.
    • text-justified: Modifies the space between characters to completely fill text between the left and right sides. The final line is left-aligned.
    • text-justified-all: Justifies text alignment including the final line.
    • text-left: Align text to the left.
    • text-right: Align text to the right.
    Table 45. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set the element text to center alignment.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

String alignment = "text-center";

style.setTextAlignment(alignment);

    Style – setVerticalAlignment(String alignment)

    Sets the vertical alignment for this element.

    Table 46. Parameters
    Name Type Description
    alignment String Vertical alignment setting.
    Valid values:
    • bottom: Aligns contents to the bottom.
    • mid: Aligns contents to the center.
    • top: Aligns contents to the top.
    Table 47. Returns
    Type Description
    None

    The following example shows how to set vertical alignment on an element. For a document usage example, see Document API.

    var style = new sn_pdfgeneratorutils.Style();

var alignment = "Mid";

style.setVerticalAlignment(alignment);