Placeholder – Image

Lede. The central node of an image placeholder workspace – everything you wire here ends up in the corresponding InDesign image frame.

Group: Endpoint · Available in: Image Placeholder workspace · Central node: Yes

Purpose

• Hold the merged image for one InDesign image frame.
• Apply per-record object style and fit / alignment overrides.
• Provide fallback behaviour when no image is available.
• Attach a per-record hyperlink to the image frame.

Where to find it

Auto-created when you open an image placeholder editor.

How it works

Same evaluation order as the text variant minus the Format / Repeater hooks. The placeholder pulls Content (an image reference), Style, Hyperlink, and consults Error Action when Content is empty.

Sockets

No output sockets.

Example (end-to-end)

[Data Image]                       → [Placeholder.Content]
[Style Image: "Polaroid"]          → [Placeholder.Style]
[Action Text Frame: "Use fallback"]→ [Placeholder.ErrorAction]

Empty / error behaviour

• No Content connection: nothing rendered.
• Content empty: ErrorAction decides (e.g. Remove frame, Use fallback image).

Limitations

• No Format / Repeater sockets – per-row image iteration isn’t supported. Use a Table for that.

Related nodes

• Data Image, Style Image, Action Text Frame, Hyperlink.

Screenshots

📷 Screenshot [NEU]: Image placeholder editor