Slides structure

Create native, editable slides without rendering an image first:

gog slides new-slide <presentationId>
gog slides new-slide <presentationId> --layout TITLE_AND_BODY --index 1

Without a layout flag, Google creates a blank slide. --layout accepts the Slides predefined layouts. A presentation theme can remove or modify a predefined layout; Google returns an error when the selected layout is not available in the active master.

For an exact theme layout, read its object ID from slides info --json and use --layout-id:

gog slides info <presentationId> --json
gog slides new-slide <presentationId> --layout-id <layoutId>

--layout and --layout-id are mutually exclusive. --index is zero-based; omitting it appends the slide.

#Duplicate and move

Find stable slide IDs, then duplicate or reorder them:

gog slides list-slides <presentationId> --json
gog slides duplicate-slide <presentationId> <slideId>
gog slides duplicate-slide <presentationId> <slideId> --to-index 2
gog slides move-slide <presentationId> <slideId> --to-index 0

Without --to-index, Google places a duplicate immediately after its source. With --to-index, duplication and positioning happen in one batch update. Move indexes are zero-based and refer to the presentation order before the move, matching the Slides API. An index can range from zero through the slide count.

Use --dry-run --json to inspect the exact batch request without contacting Google, and slides list-slides --json to verify the resulting order.

#Native elements

Create editable shapes and lines on an existing slide:

gog slides element create-shape <presentationId> <slideId> \
  --type ROUND_RECTANGLE --x 24 --y 24 --width 180 --height 80
gog slides element create-line <presentationId> <slideId> \
  --category STRAIGHT --x 50 --y 150 --width 240 --height 40

Geometry defaults to points; pass --unit EMU for English Metric Units. Supplying --object-id makes later scripted mutations deterministic. Custom object IDs must use the Slides API's 5-50 character object-ID format.

Move, resize, shear, or rotate an element with an affine transform:

gog slides element transform <presentationId> <objectId> \
  --translate-x 12 --translate-y 6
gog slides element transform <presentationId> <objectId> \
  --scale-x 1.25 --scale-y 1.25
gog slides element transform <presentationId> <objectId> --rotate 15

Transforms are relative by default. --apply-mode ABSOLUTE replaces the existing transform. Rotation is around the element origin and cannot be mixed with explicit scale or shear flags in the same request.

Style shape fills/outlines or line strokes:

gog slides element style <presentationId> <shapeId> \
  --fill-color '#3367d6' --outline-color '#ffffff' --outline-weight 2
gog slides element style <presentationId> <lineId> --kind line \
  --outline-color '#ea4335' --outline-dash DASH

Colors accept #RGB or #RRGGBB. Use --fill-transparent or --outline-transparent to remove rendering for that property.

Stack, group, annotate, and delete elements:

gog slides element z-order <presentationId> <objectId>... --operation BRING_TO_FRONT
gog slides element group <presentationId> <objectId> <objectId>... --group-id <groupId>
gog slides element ungroup <presentationId> <groupId>...
gog slides element alt-text <presentationId> <objectId> \
  --title "Chart" --description "Quarterly revenue by region"
gog slides element delete <presentationId> <objectId> --force

z-order targets must share one slide and must not be grouped. group needs at least two ungrouped elements on one slide; Slides does not permit every element kind to be grouped. Passing an empty --title= or --description= clears that alt-text field. Element deletion is destructive and requires confirmation or --force in non-interactive use. Every mutation supports --dry-run --json.