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PeteBaumgartner

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How to open an Adobe Panel

Jul 27, 2012 11:20 AM

Hi.

I was wondering how I can open an Adobe Panel - say 'Articles' or 'Color->Swatches' from a script?

[JS] [CS3-CS6]

Thanks.

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1. -hans-,

Jul 27, 2012 12:26 PM in reply to PeteBaumgartner

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Hi,

have a look here -> http://kasyan.ho.com.ua/open_menu_item.html

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2. Peter Kahrel,

Jul 28, 2012 3:45 AM in reply to PeteBaumgartner

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You don't always need the methods described by Kasyan. For example, to open the Index panel, simply do

app.panels.item("Index").visible = true;

The names of the panels you can set like this can be displayed by the following one-liner:

$.writeln (app.panels.everyItem().name.sort().join('\r'));

Peter

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3. PeteBaumgartner,

Jul 28, 2012 6:14 AM in reply to Peter Kahrel

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Thanks you; -hans- and Peter.

@Peter -> will your associative method work around the world ? i.e., with a localized Japanese copy of InDesign?

pjb

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4. Laubender,

Jul 28, 2012 7:40 AM in reply to PeteBaumgartner

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@Pete – for locale independent strings try the "$ID/englishname" method.
For example, in my German InDesign CS5.5 the visibility of the "Articles" panel can be set with:

app.panels.itemByName("$ID/Articles").visible = true;

the German locale for "Articles" is "Artikel", so it's the same for the German InDesign to say:

app.panels.itemByName("Artikel").visible = true;

Uwe

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