Image
The Image element in IDML: where it appears (Spreads), its 31 attributes, their values, and how real documents use them.
Image appears in 46 of the 305 documents surveyed (15.1%), most often in Spreads. Paged reads 5 of its 31 attributes and writes 3.
Where it appears
Spreads· 46 documentsStories· 1 documents
Inside: Rectangle, Oval, Polygon
Contains: Link, Properties, ClippingPathSettings, ImageIOPreference, TextWrapPreference, MetadataPacketPreference, TransparencySetting
Attributes
| Attribute | Values | Seen in | Paged | paged.set |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ItemTransform | transform | 100% | read · written | imageContentTransform |
| Self | id | 100% | written | |
| EffectivePpi | number-list / text | 98% | read | |
| Space | $ID/RGB ·4 | 98% | read · written | |
| ActualPpi | number-list / text | 96% | read | |
| AppliedObjectStyle | reference to ObjectStyle | 89% | not read | |
| GradientFillAngle | integer | 89% | not read | |
| GradientFillHiliteAngle | integer | 89% | not read | |
| GradientFillHiliteLength | integer | 89% | not read | |
| GradientFillLength | integer | 89% | not read | |
| GradientFillStart | number-list | 89% | not read | |
| GraphicBounds in Properties | untyped | 89% | not read | |
| HorizontalLayoutConstraints | text | 89% | not read | |
| ImageRenderingIntent | UseColorSettings ·41 | 89% | not read | |
| ImageTypeName | builtin / enum | 89% | not read | |
| LastUpdatedInterfaceChangeCount | — | 89% | not read | |
| LocalDisplaySetting | Default ·41 | 89% | not read | |
| Name | builtin | 89% | not read | |
| OverriddenPageItemProps | — | 89% | not read | |
| ParentInterfaceChangeCount | number-list | 89% | not read | |
| Profile in Properties | string | 89% | not read | |
| TargetInterfaceChangeCount | — | 89% | not read | |
| VerticalLayoutConstraints | text | 89% | not read | |
| Visible | true ·41 | 89% | not read | |
| Contents in Properties | asset | 48% | not read | imageBytes |
| LinkResourceURI | ref | 11% | read | imageUri |
| PathGeometry in Properties | untyped | 11% | not read | |
| FlexItemHeightMode | FlexFixed ·3 | 7% | not read | |
| FlexItemWidthMode | FlexFixed ·3 | 7% | not read | |
| ECPageItemData | — | 2% | not read | |
| ECPaginationPageItemData | number-list | 2% | not read |
Values are listed only where real documents use a small, closed set; the number after each is how many documents use it. “Seen in” is the share of documents containing Image that set the attribute.
Explained in
Counts come from a survey of 305 IDML documents (2026-10-11); only aggregate facts are published. Paged’s support is read from its importer and exporter source, and the typed properties from the engine catalog.