Class Table

An element representing a table. A Table may only contain TableRow elements. For more information on document structure, see the guide to extending Google Docs.

When creating a Table that contains a large number of rows or cells, consider building it from a string array, as shown in the following example.

var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getActiveTab().asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Create a two-dimensional array containing the cell contents.
var cells = [
  ['Row 1, Cell 1', 'Row 1, Cell 2'],
  ['Row 2, Cell 1', 'Row 2, Cell 2']
];

// Build a table from the array.
body.appendTable(cells);

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`appendTableRow()`	`TableRow`	Creates and appends a new `TableRow`.
`appendTableRow(tableRow)`	`TableRow`	Appends the given `TableRow`.
`clear()`	`Table`	Clears the contents of the element.
`copy()`	`Table`	Returns a detached, deep copy of the current element.
`editAsText()`	`Text`	Obtains a `Text` version of the current element, for editing.
`findElement(elementType)`	`RangeElement`	Searches the contents of the element for a descendant of the specified type.
`findElement(elementType, from)`	`RangeElement`	Searches the contents of the element for a descendant of the specified type, starting from the specified `RangeElement`.
`findText(searchPattern)`	`RangeElement`	Searches the contents of the element for the specified text pattern using regular expressions.
`findText(searchPattern, from)`	`RangeElement`	Searches the contents of the element for the specified text pattern, starting from a given search result.
`getAttributes()`	`Object`	Retrieves the element's attributes.
`getBorderColor()`	`String`	Retrieves the border color.
`getBorderWidth()`	`Number`	Retrieves the border width, in points.
`getCell(rowIndex, cellIndex)`	`TableCell`	Retrieves the `TableCell` at the specified row and cell indices.
`getChild(childIndex)`	`Element`	Retrieves the child element at the specified child index.
`getChildIndex(child)`	`Integer`	Retrieves the child index for the specified child element.
`getColumnWidth(columnIndex)`	`Number`	Retrieves the width of the specified table column, in points.
`getLinkUrl()`	`String`	Retrieves the link url.
`getNextSibling()`	`Element`	Retrieves the element's next sibling element.
`getNumChildren()`	`Integer`	Retrieves the number of children.
`getNumRows()`	`Integer`	Retrieves the number of `TableRows`.
`getParent()`	`ContainerElement`	Retrieves the element's parent element.
`getPreviousSibling()`	`Element`	Retrieves the element's previous sibling element.
`getRow(rowIndex)`	`TableRow`	Retrieves the `TableRow` at the specified row index.
`getText()`	`String`	Retrieves the contents of the element as a text string.
`getTextAlignment()`	`TextAlignment`	Gets the text alignment.
`getType()`	`ElementType`	Retrieves the element's `ElementType`.
`insertTableRow(childIndex)`	`TableRow`	Creates and inserts a new `TableRow` at the specified index.
`insertTableRow(childIndex, tableRow)`	`TableRow`	Inserts the given `TableRow` at the specified index.
`isAtDocumentEnd()`	`Boolean`	Determines whether the element is at the end of the `Document`.
`removeChild(child)`	`Table`	Removes the specified child element.
`removeFromParent()`	`Table`	Removes the element from its parent.
`removeRow(rowIndex)`	`TableRow`	Removes the `TableRow` at the specified row index.
`replaceText(searchPattern, replacement)`	`Element`	Replaces all occurrences of a given text pattern with a given replacement string, using regular expressions.
`setAttributes(attributes)`	`Table`	Sets the element's attributes.
`setBorderColor(color)`	`Table`	Sets the border color.
`setBorderWidth(width)`	`Table`	Sets the border width, in points.
`setColumnWidth(columnIndex, width)`	`Table`	Sets the width of the specified column, in points.
`setLinkUrl(url)`	`Table`	Sets the link url.
`setTextAlignment(textAlignment)`	`Table`	Sets the text alignment.

Detailed documentation

`appendTableRow()`

Creates and appends a new TableRow.

Return

TableRow — the new table row element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`appendTableRow(tableRow)`

Appends the given TableRow.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within a
// Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first table in the tab and copies the second row.
const table = body.getTables()[0];
const row = table.getChild(1).copy();

// Adds the copied row to the bottom of the table.
const tableRow = table.appendTableRow(row);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`tableRow`	`TableRow`	The table row to append.

Return

TableRow — The appended table row element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`clear()`

Clears the contents of the element.

Return

Table — The current element.

`copy()`

Returns a detached, deep copy of the current element.

Any child elements present in the element are also copied. The new element doesn't have a parent.

Return

Table — The new copy.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`editAsText()`

Obtains a Text version of the current element, for editing.

Use editAsText for manipulating the elements contents as rich text. The editAsText mode ignores non-text elements (such as InlineImage and HorizontalRule).

Child elements fully contained within a deleted text range are removed from the element.

var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getActiveTab().asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Insert two paragraphs separated by a paragraph containing an
// horizontal rule.
body.insertParagraph(0, "An editAsText sample.");
body.insertHorizontalRule(0);
body.insertParagraph(0, "An example.");

// Delete " sample.\n\n An" removing the horizontal rule in the process.
body.editAsText().deleteText(14, 25);

Return

Text — a text version of the current element

`findElement(elementType)`

Searches the contents of the element for a descendant of the specified type.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`elementType`	`ElementType`	The type of element to search for.

Return

RangeElement — A search result indicating the position of the search element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`findElement(elementType, from)`

Searches the contents of the element for a descendant of the specified type, starting from the specified RangeElement.

var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getActiveTab().asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Define the search parameters.
var searchType = DocumentApp.ElementType.PARAGRAPH;
var searchHeading = DocumentApp.ParagraphHeading.HEADING1;
var searchResult = null;

// Search until the paragraph is found.
while (searchResult = body.findElement(searchType, searchResult)) {
  var par = searchResult.getElement().asParagraph();
  if (par.getHeading() == searchHeading) {
    // Found one, update and stop.
    par.setText('This is the first header.');
    return;
  }
}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`elementType`	`ElementType`	The type of element to search for.
`from`	`RangeElement`	The search result to search from.

Return

RangeElement — A search result indicating the next position of the search element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`findText(searchPattern)`

Searches the contents of the element for the specified text pattern using regular expressions.

A subset of the JavaScript regular expression features are not fully supported, such as capture groups and mode modifiers.

The provided regular expression pattern is independently matched against each text block contained in the current element.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`searchPattern`	`String`	the pattern to search for

Return

RangeElement — a search result indicating the position of the search text, or null if there is no match

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`findText(searchPattern, from)`

Searches the contents of the element for the specified text pattern, starting from a given search result.

A subset of the JavaScript regular expression features are not fully supported, such as capture groups and mode modifiers.

The provided regular expression pattern is independently matched against each text block contained in the current element.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`searchPattern`	`String`	the pattern to search for
`from`	`RangeElement`	the search result to search from

Return

RangeElement — a search result indicating the next position of the search text, or null if there is no match

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getAttributes()`

Retrieves the element's attributes.

The result is an object containing a property for each valid element attribute where each property name corresponds to an item in the DocumentApp.Attribute enumeration.

var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
var documentTab = doc.getActiveTab().asDocumentTab();
var body = documentTab.getBody();

// Append a styled paragraph.
var par = body.appendParagraph('A bold, italicized paragraph.');
par.setBold(true);
par.setItalic(true);

// Retrieve the paragraph's attributes.
var atts = par.getAttributes();

// Log the paragraph attributes.
for (var att in atts) {
  Logger.log(att + ":" + atts[att]);
}

Return

Object — The element's attributes.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getBorderColor()`

Retrieves the border color.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within a
// Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first table.
const table = body.getTables()[0];

// Sets the border color of the first table.
table.setBorderColor('#00FF00');

// Logs the border color of the first table to the console.
console.log(table.getBorderColor());

Return

String — The border color, formatted in CSS notation (like '#ffffff').

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getBorderWidth()`

Retrieves the border width, in points.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within a
// Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first table.
const table = body.getTables()[0];

// Sets the border width of the first table.
table.setBorderWidth(20);

// Logs the border width of the first table.
console.log(table.getBorderWidth());

Return

Number — The border width, in points.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getCell(rowIndex, cellIndex)`

Retrieves the TableCell at the specified row and cell indices.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within a
// Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first table.
const table = body.getTables()[0];

// Gets the cell of the table's third row and second column.
const cell = table.getCell(2, 1);

// Logs the cell text to the console.
console.log(cell.getText());

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`rowIndex`	`Integer`	The index of the row containing the cell to retrieve.
`cellIndex`	`Integer`	The index of the cell to retrieve.

Return

TableCell — The table cell.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getChild(childIndex)`

Retrieves the child element at the specified child index.

var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getActiveTab().asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Obtain the first element in the tab.
var firstChild = body.getChild(0);

// If it's a paragraph, set its contents.
if (firstChild.getType() == DocumentApp.ElementType.PARAGRAPH) {
  firstChild.asParagraph().setText("This is the first paragraph.");
}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`childIndex`	`Integer`	The index of the child element to retrieve.

Return

Element — The child element at the specified index.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getChildIndex(child)`

Retrieves the child index for the specified child element.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`child`	`Element`	The child element for which to retrieve the index.

Return

Integer — The child index.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getColumnWidth(columnIndex)`

Retrieves the width of the specified table column, in points.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within a
// Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first table.
const table = body.getTables()[0];

// Sets the width of the second column to 100 points.
const columnWidth = table.setColumnWidth(1, 100);

// Gets the width of the second column and logs it to the console.
console.log(columnWidth.getColumnWidth(1));

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`columnIndex`	`Integer`	The column index.

Return

Number — The column width, in points.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getLinkUrl()`

Retrieves the link url.

Return

String — the link url, or null if the element contains multiple values for this attribute

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getNextSibling()`

Retrieves the element's next sibling element.

The next sibling has the same parent and follows the current element.

Return

Element — The next sibling element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getNumChildren()`

Retrieves the number of children.

var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getActiveTab().asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Log the number of elements in the tab.
Logger.log("There are " + body.getNumChildren() +
    " elements in the tab's body.");

Return

Integer — The number of children.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getNumRows()`

Retrieves the number of TableRows.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within a
// Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first table.
const table = body.getTables()[0];

// Logs the number of rows of the first table to the console.
console.log(table.getNumRows());

Return

Integer — The number of table rows.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getParent()`

Retrieves the element's parent element.

The parent element contains the current element.

Return

ContainerElement — The parent element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getPreviousSibling()`

Retrieves the element's previous sibling element.

The previous sibling has the same parent and precedes the current element.

Return

Element — The previous sibling element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getRow(rowIndex)`

Retrieves the TableRow at the specified row index.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within a
// Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first table and logs the text of first row to the console.
const table = body.getTables()[0];
console.log(table.getRow(0).getText());

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`rowIndex`	`Integer`	The index of the row to retrieve.

Return

TableRow — The table row.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getText()`

Retrieves the contents of the element as a text string.

Return

String — the contents of the element as text string

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getTextAlignment()`

Gets the text alignment. The available types of alignment are DocumentApp.TextAlignment.NORMAL, DocumentApp.TextAlignment.SUBSCRIPT, and DocumentApp.TextAlignment.SUPERSCRIPT.

Return

TextAlignment — the type of text alignment, or null if the text contains multiple types of text alignments or if the text alignment has never been set

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`getType()`

Retrieves the element's ElementType.

Use getType() to determine the exact type of a given element.

var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
var documentTab = doc.getActiveTab().asDocumentTab();
var body = documentTab.getBody();

// Obtain the first element in the active tab's body.

var firstChild = body.getChild(0);

// Use getType() to determine the element's type.
if (firstChild.getType() == DocumentApp.ElementType.PARAGRAPH) {
  Logger.log('The first element is a paragraph.');
} else {
  Logger.log('The first element is not a paragraph.');
}

Return

ElementType — The element type.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`insertTableRow(childIndex)`

Creates and inserts a new TableRow at the specified index.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`childIndex`	`Integer`	the index at which to insert the element

Return

TableRow — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`insertTableRow(childIndex, tableRow)`

Inserts the given TableRow at the specified index.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`childIndex`	`Integer`	the index at which to insert the element
`tableRow`	`TableRow`	the table row to insert

Return

TableRow — the inserted table row element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`isAtDocumentEnd()`

Determines whether the element is at the end of the Document.

Return

Boolean — Whether the element is at the end of the tab.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`removeChild(child)`

Removes the specified child element.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within a
// Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first table.
const table = body.getTables()[0];

// Finds the first table row and removes it.
const element = table.findElement(DocumentApp.ElementType.TABLE_ROW);
table.removeChild(element.getElement());

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`child`	`Element`	The child element to remove.

Return

Table — The current element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`removeFromParent()`

Removes the element from its parent.

var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
var documentTab = doc.getActiveTab().asDocumentTab()
var body = documentTab.getBody();

// Remove all images in the active tab's body.
var imgs = body.getImages();
for (var i = 0; i < imgs.length; i++) {
  imgs[i].removeFromParent();
}

Return

Table — The removed element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`removeRow(rowIndex)`

Removes the TableRow at the specified row index.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within a
// Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first table and removes its second row.
const table = body.getTables()[0];
table.removeRow(1);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`rowIndex`	`Integer`	The index of the row to remove.

Return

TableRow — The removed row.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`replaceText(searchPattern, replacement)`

Replaces all occurrences of a given text pattern with a given replacement string, using regular expressions.

The search pattern is passed as a string, not a JavaScript regular expression object. Because of this you'll need to escape any backslashes in the pattern.

This methods uses Google's RE2 regular expression library, which limits the supported syntax.

The provided regular expression pattern is independently matched against each text block contained in the current element.

var body = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getActiveTab().asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Clear the text surrounding "Apps Script", with or without text.
body.replaceText("^.*Apps ?Script.*$", "Apps Script");

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`searchPattern`	`String`	the regex pattern to search for
`replacement`	`String`	the text to use as replacement

Return

Element — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`setAttributes(attributes)`

Sets the element's attributes.

The specified attributes parameter must be an object where each property name is an item in the DocumentApp.Attribute enumeration and each property value is the new value to be applied.

var doc = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument();
var documentTab = doc.getActiveTab().asDocumentTab();
var body = documentTab.getBody();

// Define a custom paragraph style.
var style = {};
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT] =
    DocumentApp.HorizontalAlignment.RIGHT;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.FONT_FAMILY] = 'Calibri';
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.FONT_SIZE] = 18;
style[DocumentApp.Attribute.BOLD] = true;

// Append a plain paragraph.
var par = body.appendParagraph('A paragraph with custom style.');

// Apply the custom style.
par.setAttributes(style);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`attributes`	`Object`	The element's attributes.

Return

Table — The current element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`setBorderColor(color)`

Sets the border color.

// Opens the Docs file by its ID. If you created your script from within a
// Google Docs file, you can use DocumentApp.getActiveDocument() instead.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const doc = DocumentApp.openById(DOCUMENT_ID);

// Gets the body contents of the tab by its ID.
// TODO(developer): Replace the ID with your own.
const body = doc.getTab(TAB_ID).asDocumentTab().getBody();

// Gets the first table.
const table = body.getTables()[0];

// Sets the border color of the table to green.
table.setBorderColor('#00FF00');

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`color`	`String`	The border color, formatted in CSS notation (like `'#ffffff'`).

Return

Table — The current element.

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`setBorderWidth(width)`

Sets the border width, in points.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`width`	`Number`	the border width, in points

Return

Table — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`setColumnWidth(columnIndex, width)`

Sets the width of the specified column, in points.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`columnIndex`	`Integer`	the column index
`width`	`Number`	the border width, in points

Return

Table — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`setLinkUrl(url)`

Sets the link url.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`url`	`String`	the link url

Return

Table — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents

`setTextAlignment(textAlignment)`

Sets the text alignment. The available types of alignment are DocumentApp.TextAlignment.NORMAL, DocumentApp.TextAlignment.SUBSCRIPT, and DocumentApp.TextAlignment.SUPERSCRIPT.

// Make the entire first paragraph in the active tab be superscript.
var documentTab = DocumentApp.getActiveDocument().getActiveTab().asDocumentTab();
var text = documentTab.getBody().getParagraphs()[0].editAsText();
text.setTextAlignment(DocumentApp.TextAlignment.SUPERSCRIPT);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`textAlignment`	`TextAlignment`	the type of text alignment to apply

Return

Table — the current element

Authorization

Scripts that use this method require authorization with one or more of the following scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.currentonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents