How can I use a script to retrieve the text box below an image?

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March 30, 2026
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My layout has only one column.
However, the text boxes are split into two or three columns.
I have currently selected only the image “imgA”; how can I retrieve the text box below it?
I want to use a script to determine how many columns the text boxes are split into.

Thank you.

698.indd

Correct answer rob day

You would have to select the image (or image frame), and the target text frame.

rob day

Correct answer

Community Expert

You would have to select the image (or image frame), and the target text frame.

dubloveAuthor

Legend

@rob day

Yes, you can select them at the same time and then retrieve the text box and image separately.
But in practice, it always feels a bit odd. It seems like there’s an extra, unnecessary step.
Another approach is to assign the value to the paragraph style name, which seems to work as well.

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Manan Joshi

Community Expert

You image don’t seem to be anchored into the textframe below it so there is no direct relation between them. Now the only way I can think of is a logic to define if the coordinates of both these boxes overlap

-Manan

dubloveAuthor

Legend

@Manan Joshi

Is it possible to determine this based on the object in the background layer of the image?

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