How can I find the left edge of a column

Hi Ariel, Peter,

For an untransformed, rectangular text frame, you can try something like this:

//Where textColumn is a reference to a text column...

function findLeftEdge(textColumn){
    var textFrame = textColumn.parentTextFrames[0];
    var leftEdge = textFrame.geometricBounds[1];
    var leftIndent = textFrame.textFramePreferences.insetSpacing;
    var textColumnIndex = findTextColumnIndex(textColumn);
    if(leftIndent.length == 1){
        leftIndent = leftIndent[0];
    }
    else{
        leftIndent = leftIndent[1];
    }
    var numberOfColumns = textFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnCount;
    var spaceBetweenColumns = textFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnGutter;
    var textFrameWidth = textFrame.geometricBounds[3] - textFrame.geometricBounds[1];
    var textColumnWidth = textFrame.textFramePreferences.textColumnFixedWidth;
    leftEdge = leftEdge + (textColumnIndex * spaceBetweenColumns) + (textColumnWidth * textColumnIndex);
    return leftEdge;
}
function findTextColumnIndex(textColumn){
    var result = 0;
    var textFrame = textColumn.parentTextFrames[0];
    for(var counter = 0; counter < textFrame.textColumns.length; counter++){
        //The index of the text column is actually the
        //index of the first character in the text column.
        if(textFrame.textColumns.item(counter).index == textColumn.index){
            result = counter;
            break;
        }
    }
    return result;
}

Thanks,

Ole