The script below creates a script menu action, adds an item to InDesign's Window menu, which, when selected, invokes an event listener. This listener in turn creates a ScriptUI palette if necessary and shows it. But the problem is that the palette isn't shown. When I create a dialog instead of a palette it works fine. And if I first create the palette in a separate script, close it, and then run the below script, everything works as expected (the palette is shown). It looks as if I don't understand some interaction between target engines, event listeners, and palettes. Hope anyone can enlighten me.
Thanks,
Peter
#target indesign;
#targetengine "Grrrr";
var utils = app.menus.item("Main").menuElements.item("Window").menuElements.item("Utilities");
var sma = app.scriptMenuActions.add("No break");
sma.addEventListener('onInvoke',
function()
{
var w = Window.find ('palette', 'NoBreak');
if (w == null)
{
var w = new Window ('palette', 'NoBreak')
w.orientation = "row";
w.add ('statictext', undefined, "+/\u2212");
w.add ('statictext', undefined, "No break");
}
w.show();
}
);
app.menus.item("$ID/Main").submenus.item("$ID/&Window").menuItems.add(sma, LocationOptions.after, utils);
