tables.setBorders

Set borders on a table using a target set or per-edge patch.

Summary

Set borders on a table using a target set or per-edge patch.

• Operation ID: tables.setBorders
• API member path: editor.doc.tables.setBorders(...)
• Mutates document: yes
• Idempotency: idempotent
• Supports tracked mode: no
• Supports dry run: yes
• Deterministic target resolution: yes

Expected result

Returns a TableMutationResult receipt. Does not perform NO_OP detection.

Input fields

Variant 1.1 (target.kind=“block”)

Field	Type	Required	Description
applyTo	enum	yes	"all", "outside", "inside", "top", "bottom", "left", "right", "insideH", "insideV"
border	object | null	yes	One of: object, null
mode	"applyTo"	yes	Constant: "applyTo"
target	BlockNodeAddress	yes	BlockNodeAddress
target.kind	"block"	yes	Constant: "block"
target.nodeId	string	yes
target.nodeType	enum	yes	"paragraph", "heading", "listItem", "table", "tableRow", "tableCell", "tableOfContents", "image", "sdt"

Variant 1.2 (mode=“applyTo”)

Field	Type	Required	Description
applyTo	enum	yes	"all", "outside", "inside", "top", "bottom", "left", "right", "insideH", "insideV"
border	object | null	yes	One of: object, null
mode	"applyTo"	yes	Constant: "applyTo"
nodeId	string	yes

Variant 2.1 (target.kind=“block”)

Field	Type	Required	Description
edges	object	yes
edges.bottom	object | null	no	One of: object, null
edges.insideH	object | null	no	One of: object, null
edges.insideV	object | null	no	One of: object, null
edges.left	object | null	no	One of: object, null
edges.right	object | null	no	One of: object, null
edges.top	object | null	no	One of: object, null
mode	"edges"	yes	Constant: "edges"
target	BlockNodeAddress	yes	BlockNodeAddress
target.kind	"block"	yes	Constant: "block"
target.nodeId	string	yes
target.nodeType	enum	yes	"paragraph", "heading", "listItem", "table", "tableRow", "tableCell", "tableOfContents", "image", "sdt"

Variant 2.2 (mode=“edges”)

Field	Type	Required	Description
edges	object	yes
edges.bottom	object | null	no	One of: object, null
edges.insideH	object | null	no	One of: object, null
edges.insideV	object | null	no	One of: object, null
edges.left	object | null	no	One of: object, null
edges.right	object | null	no	One of: object, null
edges.top	object | null	no	One of: object, null
mode	"edges"	yes	Constant: "edges"
nodeId	string	yes

Example request

{
  "applyTo": "all",
  "border": {
    "color": "example",
    "lineStyle": "example",
    "lineWeightPt": 12.5
  },
  "mode": "applyTo",
  "target": {
    "kind": "block",
    "nodeId": "node-def456",
    "nodeType": "paragraph"
  }
}

Output fields

Variant 1 (success=true)

Field	Type	Required	Description
success	true	yes	Constant: true
table	TableAddress	no	TableAddress
table.kind	"block"	no	Constant: "block"
table.nodeId	string	no
table.nodeType	"table"	no	Constant: "table"
trackedChangeRefs	EntityAddress[]	no

Variant 2 (success=false)

Field	Type	Required	Description
failure	object	yes
failure.code	enum	yes	"NO_OP", "INVALID_TARGET", "TARGET_NOT_FOUND", "CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE"
failure.details	any	no
failure.message	string	yes
success	false	yes	Constant: false

When present, result.table is the follow-up address to reuse after this call. For non-destructive table-targeted mutations, pass result.table.nodeId to the next table operation instead of re-running find(). Destructive operations may omit table.

Example response

{
  "success": true,
  "table": {
    "kind": "block",
    "nodeId": "node-def456",
    "nodeType": "table"
  },
  "trackedChangeRefs": [
    {
      "entityId": "entity-789",
      "entityType": "comment",
      "kind": "entity"
    }
  ]
}

Pre-apply throws

• TARGET_NOT_FOUND
• INVALID_TARGET
• CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE

Non-applied failure codes

• INVALID_TARGET
• INVALID_INPUT

Raw schemas

Raw input schema

{
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "required": [
            "target"
          ]
        },
        {
          "required": [
            "nodeId"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "properties": {
        "applyTo": {
          "enum": [
            "all",
            "outside",
            "inside",
            "top",
            "bottom",
            "left",
            "right",
            "insideH",
            "insideV"
          ]
        },
        "border": {
          "oneOf": [
            {
              "additionalProperties": false,
              "properties": {
                "color": {
                  "pattern": "^(#?([0-9A-Fa-f]{6}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{3})|auto)$",
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "lineStyle": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "lineWeightPt": {
                  "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
                  "type": "number"
                }
              },
              "required": [
                "lineStyle",
                "lineWeightPt",
                "color"
              ],
              "type": "object"
            },
            {
              "type": "null"
            }
          ]
        },
        "mode": {
          "const": "applyTo"
        },
        "nodeId": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "target": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/BlockNodeAddress"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "mode",
        "applyTo",
        "border"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "required": [
            "target"
          ]
        },
        {
          "required": [
            "nodeId"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "properties": {
        "edges": {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "bottom": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "additionalProperties": false,
                  "properties": {
                    "color": {
                      "pattern": "^(#?([0-9A-Fa-f]{6}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{3})|auto)$",
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "lineStyle": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "lineWeightPt": {
                      "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
                      "type": "number"
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "lineStyle",
                    "lineWeightPt",
                    "color"
                  ],
                  "type": "object"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ]
            },
            "insideH": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "additionalProperties": false,
                  "properties": {
                    "color": {
                      "pattern": "^(#?([0-9A-Fa-f]{6}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{3})|auto)$",
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "lineStyle": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "lineWeightPt": {
                      "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
                      "type": "number"
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "lineStyle",
                    "lineWeightPt",
                    "color"
                  ],
                  "type": "object"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ]
            },
            "insideV": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "additionalProperties": false,
                  "properties": {
                    "color": {
                      "pattern": "^(#?([0-9A-Fa-f]{6}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{3})|auto)$",
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "lineStyle": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "lineWeightPt": {
                      "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
                      "type": "number"
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "lineStyle",
                    "lineWeightPt",
                    "color"
                  ],
                  "type": "object"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ]
            },
            "left": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "additionalProperties": false,
                  "properties": {
                    "color": {
                      "pattern": "^(#?([0-9A-Fa-f]{6}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{3})|auto)$",
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "lineStyle": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "lineWeightPt": {
                      "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
                      "type": "number"
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "lineStyle",
                    "lineWeightPt",
                    "color"
                  ],
                  "type": "object"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ]
            },
            "right": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "additionalProperties": false,
                  "properties": {
                    "color": {
                      "pattern": "^(#?([0-9A-Fa-f]{6}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{3})|auto)$",
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "lineStyle": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "lineWeightPt": {
                      "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
                      "type": "number"
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "lineStyle",
                    "lineWeightPt",
                    "color"
                  ],
                  "type": "object"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ]
            },
            "top": {
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "additionalProperties": false,
                  "properties": {
                    "color": {
                      "pattern": "^(#?([0-9A-Fa-f]{6}|[0-9A-Fa-f]{3})|auto)$",
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "lineStyle": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "lineWeightPt": {
                      "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
                      "type": "number"
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "lineStyle",
                    "lineWeightPt",
                    "color"
                  ],
                  "type": "object"
                },
                {
                  "type": "null"
                }
              ]
            }
          },
          "type": "object"
        },
        "mode": {
          "const": "edges"
        },
        "nodeId": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "target": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/BlockNodeAddress"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "mode",
        "edges"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  ]
}

Raw output schema

{
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "success": {
          "const": true
        },
        "table": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/TableAddress"
        },
        "trackedChangeRefs": {
          "items": {
            "$ref": "#/$defs/EntityAddress"
          },
          "type": "array"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "success"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "failure": {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "code": {
              "enum": [
                "NO_OP",
                "INVALID_TARGET",
                "TARGET_NOT_FOUND",
                "CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE"
              ]
            },
            "details": {},
            "message": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "code",
            "message"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "success": {
          "const": false
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "success",
        "failure"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  ]
}

Raw success schema

{
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "success": {
      "const": true
    },
    "table": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/TableAddress"
    },
    "trackedChangeRefs": {
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/$defs/EntityAddress"
      },
      "type": "array"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "success"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Raw failure schema

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