[JS][CC] Help needed with targeting pasted item

Hi Roy,

Seems to me you are using copy instead of duplicate, if so don't!

a=app.selection[0]

b = a.duplicate([3,3])

b.fillColor = "Black"

Works for me

Trevor

@Roy – Does the following snippet work for you (tested in InDesign CS5.5)?

Selection must be a text selection:

app.copy(app.selection[0]);
app.select(null);
app.paste();

var myNewTextFrame = app.documents[0].windows[0].activePage.textFrames[0];

myNewTextFrame.fillColor = "Yellow";

Of course, you could run into trouble, if the selection exceeds the current spread…

Uwe

And my snippet is not bullet proof, if the pasted text will land outside a page on the pasteboard…

Ok. Back to the drawing board.

Uweq

Now, the following should work:

app.copy(app.selection[0]);
app.select(null);
app.paste();

var d=app.documents[0];
var mySpread = d.windows[0].activeSpread;
var textFramesIDArray = new Array();


for(var n=0; n<mySpread.textFrames.length;n++){
    textFramesIDArray[n] = mySpread.textFrames[n].id;
    };

textFramesIDArray.sort().reverse();

myNewTextFrame = d.pageItems.itemByID(textFramesIDArray[0]);

myNewTextFrame.fillColor = "Yellow";

Uwe

Better use that line:

myNewTextFrame = d.pageItems.itemByID(textFramesIDArray[0]).getElements()[0];

Uwe

Roy,

I'm glad you got your answer but I don't understand what you gain by using the copy and pase method and not the duplicate method like this:

a=app.selection[0]

b=app.activeDocument.pages[0].textFrames.add({geometricBounds:[50,50,150,150]})

a.duplicate(LocationOptions.AT_BEGINNING,b)

b.strokeColor="Black"

Trevor

@Trevor – I'm not sure either…

There are occasions where copy/paste results are different from duplicated ones.

But this is rare and touches things (call it "limitations" or maybe "bugs") that have to do with button objects inside MultiStateObjects or something… (don't want to go into details here).

Uwe