How can overflow be automatically displayed when a text box is moved into the layout?

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July 29, 2025
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After moving horizontally into the layout, if sb[2] exceeds the bottom edge, overflow is displayed.
This is instead of expanding, as the text may be very long.

sel[j].visibleBounds = [sb[0], lcb, sb[2], rcb];

09.zip

Correct answer dublove

This seems feasible:

var pb = sel[j].parentPage.bounds;
var bm = pp.marginPreferences.bottom.
. . . . . .
sel[j].visibleBounds = [sb[0], lcb, pb[2] - bm, rcb];
sel[j].fit(FitOptions.FILL_PROPORTIONALLY);

//sel[j].fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT);

rob day

Community Expert

You don’t know how much content is oveflowing, so you would have to fit the frame to the content

app.activeDocument.selection[0].fit(FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT)

dubloveAuthor

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After FitOptions.FRAME_TO_CONTENT, the text box will exceed the page margin.

I want the textFrame display a red “+” with the text “overflow text” when the sb[2] exceeds the bottom edge.

I don't know what mechanism causes it to go all the way to the bottom of the interface.
Is it possible to stop the expansion at the bottom of the page?