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device cmyk
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October 3, 2023
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How to check if Paragraph / Line / Text / ... is overflowing

  • October 3, 2023
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Hi 🙂

 

I am looking for a way to detect if a particular range of text is overflowing.

 

I have found the "overflows" property on Story and TextFrame, but I am missing something similar on Paragraph / Line / Text / ...


Am I missing something, or does anyone have a good method to check this?

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    Correct answer Marc Autret

    Hi @device cmyk,

     

    Testing whether the last InsertionPoint of the text has no parent text frame should usually work:

     

    function isOverset(/*Text*/tx)
//----------------------------------
// `tx` :: any valid, singular text object (Paragraph, Line, Word, Character...)
// => bool
{
   return !(tx.insertionPoints[-1].parentTextFrames||0).length;
}


// Test (assuming the selection has a parent story)
var word = app.selection[0].parentStory.words[-1];
alert( isOverset(word) );

     

    But:

    • It may not be the quickest method (?)

    • A special treatment is required when tables/cells are involved.

     

    Best,

    Marc

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    Marc Autret
    Marc AutretCorrect answer
    Legend
    October 3, 2023

    Hi @device cmyk,

     

    Testing whether the last InsertionPoint of the text has no parent text frame should usually work:

     

    function isOverset(/*Text*/tx)
//----------------------------------
// `tx` :: any valid, singular text object (Paragraph, Line, Word, Character...)
// => bool
{
   return !(tx.insertionPoints[-1].parentTextFrames||0).length;
}


// Test (assuming the selection has a parent story)
var word = app.selection[0].parentStory.words[-1];
alert( isOverset(word) );

     

    But:

    • It may not be the quickest method (?)

    • A special treatment is required when tables/cells are involved.

     

    Best,

    Marc

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      device cmykAuthor
      Participant
      October 3, 2023

      Hi @Marc Autret.

      Thank you for your answer! It's a big help!

      brian_p_dts
      Community Expert
      brian_p_dtsCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 3, 2023

      Only a text frame or story overflows. How does a paragraph or line overflow if not in its containing frame? You can always look at a line or paragraphs parent text frames or parent story.

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        device cmykAuthor
        Participant
        October 3, 2023

        Hi @brian_p_dts 🙂 Excuse my imprecise wording.

         

        What I want to check is if the text is visible in the container or not.

        I am not interested in checking the state of the container but in the text itself.

         

        I imagine something like "isOverset" – Sort of like the isValid-property.

        Robert at ID-Tasker
        Robert at ID-Tasker
        Legend
        October 3, 2023

        But that's exactly how it needs to be done - and how @Marc Autret code works - checks for existence of a ParentTextFrame. 

         

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