---
title: Addition
framework: applenewsformat
role: symbol
role_heading: Object
path: applenewsformat/addition
---

# Addition

Properties that all addition types share.

## Declaration

```data
object Addition
```

## Properties

type: The type of addition. For example, LinkAddition. rangeLength: The number of text characters to highlight in the link. rangeStart: The starting character index for which the addition is meant. A range starts at 0 for the first character. If you specify rangeStart, you must also specify rangeLength.

## Discussion

Discussion This is an abstract definition. Don’t use this object type directly; use only the objects that extend it, such as LinkAddition.

## Relationships

### Inherited By

- [LinkAddition](applenewsformat/linkaddition.md)

## See Also

### Links

- [LinkAddition](applenewsformat/linkaddition.md)
- [ComponentLink](applenewsformat/componentlink.md)
- [ComponentAddition](applenewsformat/componentaddition.md)
- [SupportedURLs](applenewsformat/supportedurls.md)
- [SupportedInternalURLs](applenewsformat/supportedinternalurls.md)