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Jul 27, 2026 6:03 AM UTC
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How do I distinguish between selecting partial text or selecting the entire story?

Hi everyone.

If I select partial text, I will clear the preference for the selected text.
If all text (the whole story) is selected, priority will be given to clearing all objects under the story.
I found that I selected the entire story and only selected some of the text,
The results of alert (app. selection [0]. constructor. name) are all
Text.
How can I distinguish between these two states?

thank you.

    Manan JoshiCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    Jul 27, 2026 7:58 AM UTC

    app.selection[0].parentStory.contents.length would give you the length of the parentStory

    -Manan
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    Manan JoshiCommunity Expert
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    Jul 27, 2026 6:50 AM UTC

    The 1st though that comes to mind is check the character count. Get the parentStory and its length and match it with the selection length. If it matches you have the story selected, else it is subset selection

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    dubloveAuthor
    Legend
    Jul 27, 2026 7:53 AM UTC

    It seems like this.
    But I don't know how to obtain the content and length of the entire story.

    if (
        (app.selection[0].constructor.name == "Text")
    ) {
        var item = app.selection[0];
        var text = item
        curStory = text.parent;

        alert(text.length);
        alert(curStory.texts);
        //clear(text)
    }

     

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    Manan JoshiCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    Jul 27, 2026 7:58 AM UTC

    app.selection[0].parentStory.contents.length would give you the length of the parentStory

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    -Manan
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