# Elementname: `Trace`

## Description

Set debugging switches

Allowed attributes: assignments, grid, gridallocation, hyphenation, objects, textformat, verbose

Child elements: (none)

Parent elements: Case, ForAll, Layout, Loop, Otherwise, Until, While

### Attributes

assignments (optional)

  Write assignments (SetVariable) to the log file.

  yes: | Verbose output in the protocol file.
  no: | Regular run (default).

grid (optional)

  Draw the grid on the page.

  yes: | Show the grid.
  no: | Don't show the grid (default).

gridallocation (optional)

  Draw allocated cells with yellow and conflicts with red markers.

  yes: | Show grid allocation.
  no: | Don't show the grid allocation (default).

hyphenation (optional)

  Draw little marks to show all hyphenation points.

  yes: | Show hyphenation points.
  no: | Don't show any hyphenation points (default).

objects (optional)

  Draw rectangles around objects.

  yes: | Draw rectangles
  no: | No rectangles drawn around objects (default).

textformat (optional)

  Show textformt as a tooltip in the PDF

  yes: | Show textformat
  no: | Don't show textformat (default)

verbose (optional)

  Verbose output in the protocol file.

  yes: | Verbose output in the protocol file.
  no: | Regular run (default).

## Example

    <Trace textformat="yes"/>

# Commands

- A
- Action
- AddSearchpath
- AtPageCreation
- AtPageShipout
- AttachFile
- Attribute
- B
- Barcode
- Bold
- BoldItalic
- Bookmark
- Box
- Br
- Case
- Circle
- Color
- Column
- Columns
- Compatibility
- Contents
- Copy-of
- DefineColor
- DefineColorprofile
- DefineFontalias
- DefineFontfamily
- DefineTextformat
- Element
- Fallback
- Fontface
- ForAll
- Frame
- Grid
- Group
- Groupcontents
- HSpace
- Hyphenation
- I
- Image
- Include
- Initial
- InsertPages
- Italic
- Layout
- Li
- LoadDataset
- LoadFontfile
- Loop
- Makeindex
- Margin
- Mark
- Message
- NewPage
- NextFrame
- NextRow
- NoBreak
- Ol
- Options
- Otherwise
- Output
- Overlay
- PDFOptions
- Pageformat
- Pagetype
- Paragraph
- PlaceObject
- Position
- PositioningArea
- PositioningFrame
- ProcessNode
- Record
- Regular
- Rule
- SaveDataset
- SavePages
- SetGrid
- SetVariable
- SortSequence
- Span
- Stylesheet
- Sub
- Sup
- Switch
- Table
- TableNewPage
- Tablefoot
- Tablehead
- Tablerule
- Td
- Text
- Textblock
- Tr
- Trace
- Transformation
- U
- URL
- Ul
- Until
- VSpace
- Value
- While

Version: 3.8.0 | Start page | Command reference | Other language: German